to put the children in economy while DH and I fly business class?

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I don't know why they can't come home one day early if the OP's husband is so desperately important. If he needs to fly business class why can't he fly business class on his own on the way back? The husband dies sound like hard work but surely he is less likely to need the OP than their children . We are not talking about a few hours , this is a long haul flight.

I have no issue with holiday clubs, I have always used them with our children so they can be with other people their own age. We use the time to read or have sex, usually the latter. But thee is a difference between organising something your children would enjoy and deciding to exclude your children from something. I never see holiday clubs as time to get away from my children, rather a chance for them to get away from me.

I can not imagine serving my children different food at home , so my husband and I sitting down to fillet steal while they have chicken nuggets. Of course I have things my children do not have but that is different to sitting your child down and giving the an inferior version whilst you have the better version.

The back seat/ front seat in a car is totally irrelevant because you are not involving anyone else in the equation. There are not another 100 people in your car who have paid a hefty price for their ticket and are also trying to enjoy their holiday.

My children are usually well behaved however I would not assume they would be perfectly behaved for 10 or so whilst in a restricted rather false environment. It is only on MN that you " meet" people who think their children are perfect and anyone else is incredibly lucky to breathe the same air as them.

Well I wish I'd had that cabin crew in 1997 Queen. I was given a pair of latex gloves and told the cabin crew couldn't come anywhere near the sick for H&S reasons.

To be fair, it was about as hideous as it gets. The H&S thing was probably just a ruse.

Not that it's any of my business, but if cost is an issue, such that they can't all afford to fly business class, why waste money on anyone flying business class. What is the price difference for OP's and her DH's seats? £300? £1k? £2k? Couldn't that be spent more usefully?

Christ it's up to them, isn't the worst thing a child can go through etc

I couldn't do it tho as am a nervous flyer. I see the safety briefing and am already clocking escape routes, I hear an alarm I assume the brace position.

Wish I was going on holiday long haul.

i think there was a post from the OP somewhere up the thread that they get upgrades because of the miles, which will be complementary (i know BA at least in the past did up to two upgrades per year for their gold card members)...

Ds (16 yo) has been travelling by himself since 12 and as a UM since before then. At no time has he ever been sick, he never eats plane food so I used/he now prepares snacks to take with him. TBH from the time he first started travelling he plugged into movies for as long as he could because as an unfit mother he was never allowed more than 30 mins of cartoons at home. It was all part of his experience. As for talking to an adult, waste of his time he says, too busy plugged in. having said that most planes now have telephones so OPs kids could call IF they needed something.
Is most of this hysteria from people who only travel once a year? TBH I'm more worried about Ds when he gets the bus or train in the UK, bullying mugging and stuff.

And of course I forget my opinion about parents up front kids behind. We are not loaded so have never done this but happily would. Ds is well aware that all the things we have we didnt have when we were younger and had to work hard for them, so he isnt bothered by the thought he will have to work hard to get all those so called luxuries like 2 cars, dishwasher, cleaner etc.

Obviously not that unusual as BA has a section on 'Booking your children into a different cabin from yourself'!