This is my first AIBU!! I probably am BU but these rules just don't make sense to me!
So I am travelling with DH, DS(23mo) and DD(5mo). European flight - 3 hours. We have bought DS his own seat on the flight. BA won't allow us all to sit in a row of 3 seats. I have to be across the aisle with the baby on my lap.
So the configuration is: seat A will be a stranger, seat B will be DS, seat C will be DH - then there is the aisle - seat D will be me and DD and then seats E and F will be whoever.
Apparently we cannot have two under 2s in a row of three together. However had we flown business class this would have been OK. We looked into the business class flights - it was only £100 more expensive BUT because the seats are configured 2 seats, aisle and then another 2 seats it was not feasible for DS to have his own seat. It would have meant us having both infants on our laps which we didn't want to do - but yet BA were happy for us to have both infants in the same row (and same side of the plane) if we did this.
In order not to drip feed the 'business class' seats were the BA fleet where it is the economy seat (same size, same pitch, same amount of leg room etc) but the middle seat is blocked out. So not really 'business class' and exactly the same as the seats as the seat just a few rows behind.
So I really cannot see why there is an issue with 2 infants in the same row in economy but yet in 'business' it is fine. Grrr.
The other annoying thing about this is that if DS was just a month older then apparently there wouldn't have been a problem either... It would be fine to have a two year old and a baby in the same row.
Anyway - we bought the economy seats as we felt it made more sense for DS to have his own seat and am hoping that the poor bugger stuck next to DS will want to swap (I know I would!). If not then c'est la vie... But I'm still annoyed!
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BalancingStick · 22/05/2017 11:57
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