Come on then... genuinely don't know if I'm being unreasonable here. Who has a gavel to hand?!
We're going on holiday in the summer with other family members and their kids; 7 kids and 4 adults in total. DH just priced it all up, hoping that it would be within budget to travel premium economy (He's very tall!).
He was looking for the cheapest flights rather than particular dates and found a bargain for the outward flight with one airline - direct, business class seats for just £10 more per person than the standard premium economy price that month (and a quarter of the standard BC price) - and there are enough seats for all of us.
We're holding the flights, while we wait to hear if the dates work for the other couple. Assuming they do, how unreasonable is it to press buy? Any true business travellers who have to zoom off to meetings on another continent on arrival will be fuming, right, as we traipse on with 7 over-excited children?! But they're all pretty well-behaved kids, as kids go. And presumably the airline is anticipating low demand from business travellers for that flight, hence pricing it for holiday travellers instead. If we don't book it, others will. (And for that reason, I'm not stating the airline or destination!)
AIBU?
Children in business class for long flight... what's the MN verdict?
Somerville · 15/01/2017 18:11
When you book a seat in business class you buy that seat and have no say whatsoever who buys the other seats in the cabin. Could be loud shrieking adults who IMO would be more of a disturbance than most children. Nope, you get the seat, space and food/ drinks and, if you are lucky, a bit more attention from the staff.
I've sat in BC plenty of times with young DC and babies and they were fine. I believe Kate and Wills have done it a few times 
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I am all in favour of making people such as Philip Green or Mike Ashley or the Saudi rulers go in economy and be denied business or first class travel.
Thus dumping them on the rest of us who cannot afford first/business class. Thanks
Nothing to add - other than do it, and have a lovely holiday 
I fly BC to Miami a fair bit - and I do have to work.
And? 
that has no relevance to my experience at all.
But 4 adults to 7 kids means you'll be able to intersperse yourself amongst them if you want?I'd book. But I would also ensure that we were mixed up adults/children (NB am not saying that you won't do this!)
I'll definitely sit where I can see my youngest, if I possibly can. As PP's point out, frequent BC travellers will get to choose seats in advance, leaving us with what is left.
DH is a frequent flyer with this airline so may be able to use that to get us assigned seats. He's not the highest level though, so maybe not.
Have a great time MrsLovely
It really make me laugh when people I've chatted to on the feminism board call me that, Empress
And thanks. It is going to make me sound utterly spoiled to admit that this booking is for the holiday-after-next - still have honeymoon to look forward to soon! Without any children, thank God.
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No Atenco there is no such thing as a better class of people, IMO.
More entitled to peace and quiet
That's your phrasing, not mine.
If you read my posts you'll see that my main concern is that it might be harder to keep the children quiet and considerate than if we were in standard seats where we'd have them in view/ be closer to them/ they'd be less excited by the experience.
But I did also worry that we would be in a cabin with business travellers rather than with other families, and therefore people around us would be less tolerant of children.
It sounds like BC is full of MNers, however.
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