Children in Upper / First Class

[Cheib]

swerni said:

I'd say that someone who paid for their own ticket should have more rights than someone on a work jolly

The cabin crew know if you are traveling with a company that has booked on a corporate rate/deal....clearly lots of companies dont have those (like mine where it's booked in my name and I expense it)) but they do know who has booked through a company and who to look after!

[Kermit power]

DoubleSix said:

Kermit power said:

SlackBladder said:

Kermit power said:

So long as I can extend "putting up" to putting the little fkers up in a luggage compartment at the other end of the plane, I'm all for it!

Given the appearance of the kids keeping me awake, I would be gobsmacked if they'd paid for their own tickets though.

What's appearance got to do with it?

If you can afford to spend £10k+ for five Club World tickets to Dubai for you, your wife and your three vile little darlings, I wouldn't particularly expect you to dress said little darlings at Primark. They were quite clearly being flown out there by one of their parents' employers, so no more paying out of their own pocket than I was.

Wow. Do you know what you sound like?

Yes. Someone pointing out - in response to another poster suggesting that the parents of the poorly behaved little fkers who ruined my sleep were somehow more deserving because they'd paid for their tickets out of their own pockets - that there's no way they were paying for the tickets out of their own pockets.

[PurpleTurtle]

Sheepshanks said:

BA's sleeper service says something about an undisturbed night's sleep.

Regardless of First or Cattle, kids or no kids, when going long haul I take the view that you're in a tin can doing 500mph+ through the sky with a bloody great jet engine under each wing, so any proper sleep I get is a bonus. A pair of earplugs is all I need to make sure I'm not disturbed.

My only problem with kids on planes has been those that like to treat the seat in front as something to kick, or its tray table as some kind of toy. On the couple of occasions that has happened the parent as either cut it out themselves pronto, or I've had a polite word with them.

By far the worst disruption I've see on planes has been from adults that should know far better!

[Vipers]

PurpleTurtle said:

Sheepshanks said:

BA's sleeper service says something about an undisturbed night's sleep.

Regardless of First or Cattle, kids or no kids, when going long haul I take the view that you're in a tin can doing 500mph+ through the sky with a bloody great jet engine under each wing, so any proper sleep I get is a bonus. A pair of earplugs is all I need to make sure I'm not disturbed.

My only problem with kids on planes has been those that like to treat the seat in front as something to kick, or its tray table as some kind of toy. On the couple of occasions that has happened the parent as either cut it out themselves pronto, or I've had a polite word with them.

By far the worst disruption I've see on planes has been from adults that should know far better!

[SlackBladder]

Kermit power said:

DoubleSix said:

Kermit power said:

SlackBladder said:

Kermit power said:

So long as I can extend "putting up" to putting the little fkers up in a luggage compartment at the other end of the plane, I'm all for it!

Given the appearance of the kids keeping me awake, I would be gobsmacked if they'd paid for their own tickets though.

What's appearance got to do with it?

If you can afford to spend £10k+ for five Club World tickets to Dubai for you, your wife and your three vile little darlings, I wouldn't particularly expect you to dress said little darlings at Primark. They were quite clearly being flown out there by one of their parents' employers, so no more paying out of their own pocket than I was.

Wow. Do you know what you sound like?

Yes. Someone pointing out - in response to another poster suggesting that the parents of the poorly behaved little fkers who ruined my sleep were somehow more deserving because they'd paid for their tickets out of their own pockets - that there's no way they were paying for the tickets out of their own pockets.

I happen to dress in jeans and a polo shirt, and probably haven't had a shave for 2 days when I when I come back from my hols. You didn't happen to be the chap in Dubai who looked down his nose at me, and then smirked when one of the attendants asked me if I realised that the lift was for First and Business class passengers, were you? The same chap who had the smirk wiped off his face when the Emirates butler (or whatever they call them) said hello Mr Bladder, nice to see you back, your usual seat I presume?
Hopefully see you again if it was, with my wife and daughter dressed as we like.

[oyster]

SlackBladder said:

I happen to dress in jeans and a polo shirt, and probably haven't had a shave for 2 days when I when I come back from my hols. You didn't happen to be the chap in Dubai who looked down his nose at me, and then smirked when one of the attendants asked me if I realised that the lift was for First and Business class passengers, were you? The same chap who had the smirk wiped off his face when the Emirates butler (or whatever they call them) said hello Mr Bladder, nice to see you back, your usual seat I presume?
Hopefully see you again if it was, with my wife and daughter dressed as we like.

Had a similar experience to the above when coming back from Miami a few years ago with BA. Me and the mrs dressed in our holiday gear (shorts, trainers, t-shirt).

A suited gent looked down at us and tried to point us in the way of the non-priority boarding queue. I just mumbled that all was fine.

As we entered the plane, the attendant read my boarding pass "Ahh Mr Oyster, seated in 1A, please follow me sir".

I never saw the suited snob after that, so he wasn't in F.

[Vipers]

oyster said:

SlackBladder said:

I happen to dress in jeans and a polo shirt, and probably haven't had a shave for 2 days when I when I come back from my hols. You didn't happen to be the chap in Dubai who looked down his nose at me, and then smirked when one of the attendants asked me if I realised that the lift was for First and Business class passengers, were you? The same chap who had the smirk wiped off his face when the Emirates butler (or whatever they call them) said hello Mr Bladder, nice to see you back, your usual seat I presume?
Hopefully see you again if it was, with my wife and daughter dressed as we like.

Had a similar experience to the above when coming back from Miami a few years ago with BA. Me and the mrs dressed in our holiday gear (shorts, trainers, t-shirt).

A suited gent looked down at us and tried to point us in the way of the non-priority boarding queue. I just mumbled that all was fine.

As we entered the plane, the attendant read my boarding pass "Ahh Mr Oyster, seated in 1A, please follow me sir".

I never saw the suited snob after that, so he wasn't in F.

I just love those sort of stories, as they say, don't judge a book by its cover.

[Petrus1983]

oyster said:

Petrus1983 said:

markiii said:

taking a 1 year old on a plane is stupid and selfish, forget what class your in

I'm taking a 7 week old baby on a transatlantic flight next week - what does that make me?

It makes you incapable of reading a post.

There's a world of difference between a 7 week old baby and a 1 year old baby.

That actual made me laugh I'm new enough into this whole game to think all babies are babies and it did cause me to go and do some research, and yes you're indeed right, when traveling it does seem like there's a world of difference.... Thankfully!

[oyster]

Petrus1983 said:

oyster said:

Petrus1983 said:

markiii said:

taking a 1 year old on a plane is stupid and selfish, forget what class your in

I'm taking a 7 week old baby on a transatlantic flight next week - what does that make me?

It makes you incapable of reading a post.

There's a world of difference between a 7 week old baby and a 1 year old baby.

That actual made me laugh I'm new enough into this whole game to think all babies are babies and it did cause me to go and do some research, and yes you're indeed right, when traveling it does seem like there's a world of difference.... Thankfully!

Glad you took my post in the gest intended without me adding a smiley.