To think Easyjet charging £22 each way for an infant is pretty outrageous...?!

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We're in the middle of booking our holiday for this summer, our LO will be barely 6 months old.

The flights we need are with easyjet- just seen that there will be a charge of £22 each way for our LO who will be sat on our lap the whole way.

When did this come in? I naively assumed that infants don't pay to fly...and more to the point, what exactly is the charge for..?!

Youre not being chharged to hold your baby ( who still adds to the weight of the flight) you are paying for their acoutrements. Which bit of that is confusing you?

BA just charge you twice the price for your own seats, youre still paying.

Last time I llooked BA charged more for infants than budget airline. I think all airlines charge something. £22not a lot if you consider what they let you bring eg pram, car seat and so on

Thanks again all

Visiting family abroad for our holiday- won't need to take any equipment eg buggy, cots, anything extra, as it's all there already. LO will be travelling in a sling.

On Air France I was charged £49 for ds who was 14 months at the time. I thought it was standard to charge for an infant.

BA charge for infants.

Sitting on an adult's lap - Infant fare

An infant fare is charged at 10% of the adult fare when the infant does not have his/her own seat, but sits on an adult’s lap.

Fair enough, but most people bring all that stuff, so its the standard charge. It isnt outrageous.

I assume your baby isnt weightless as well as luggageless?

There would be admin costs involved and airport security to pay for.

Yes just to clarify, the baby does weigh something and does not come with own personal oxygen supply

Thanks all

Tax and fuel. That's what it is. Coming from someone who works for an airline. (Not EZY)

Seems a reasonable charge. Why should it be free?

It's a disgrace isn't it I live 500 miles from "home" and fly back every 2-3 months we were really lucky as until DS was 2 the airlines we used only charged a nominal % fee it tended to less than £10 return but yes the once we flew easyjet we were charged.

Needless to say now he's 2 we flying a bit less frequently as he's full price.

But yes to sit on your knee £22 is too much

This is the most unreasonable thread I've seen for a long time.

£44 to take your child away is outrageous? Go and price it up on BA and report back.

I don't think so. It comes across as bit entitled to expect the carrier to transport your baby (plus luggage) absolutely free. And in the grand scheme of things £44 isn't a lot of money.

Of course the charge isn't to compensate the other passengers, do they get the money? What a pathetically stupid comment. If you're going to be openly rude about babies travelling on planes then try to do so with a less fuckwit statement.
I would imagine its down to the hold luggage. Because it sure as hell ain't due to weight of the passenger, given the fact that many passengers easily twice my weight are charged no extra for their ticket.

I've just paid £622 for my 11 year old who weighs less than 4 stone and who's luggage will be in my case, within my luggage allowance.

... but ok to be rude about overweight people.

They'll be charging pregnant women for the extra passenger soon . . . perhaps I should not put money-making ideas into corporate heads!

The admin of booking him in, counting him, supplying life cots for babies and special oxygen masks, plane fuel is worked out per Kg of weight on board, they have to supply and check the special lap belt and the cabin steward will take time to check it, passport needs to be checked against tickets etc etc - I think £22sounds very reasonable, personally, and am not sure why it would be free.

Unless you are already paying top ticket prices on more expensive airlines.

It sounds very reasonable. It isn't about a seat - it is about the paperwork, the safety gear, the baggage allowance etc.

£22 is a good price for transporting a pushch

im not beinG rude about overweight ppl.
I'm quite petit. My dh at 6'4" weighs almost twice my wieght without being overweight.
Nobody is weighed as they board a plane (yet) so I think we all know that we're not charged for wieght of passengers.

pushchair.

Skis are usually around £60 and are far less bulky.

I think, whilst not disliking babies generally it is true to say that few people relish sitting next to a lap baby on a long haul flight because of the endless faffing of the parent quite apart from the screaming and nappy changing in the aisle.

Sounds like a bargain to me.