Children in business class for long flight... what's the MN verdict?

[Somerville]

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!)

[MrsPeelyWally]

Navy, would be difficult.

[MrsPeelyWally]

that

;)

[kilmuir]

Has it been said where you are flying to and which airline?

[Somerville]

All booked!
Excited now.

This is the holiday to make it up to the children that they don't set to come on honeymoon with us (yes, my younger ones had expected to apparently - though not my teenager who said that would be revolting!)
So it'll be a nice start to the trip, and since it's a daytime flight they can make the most of all the food and movies on offer.

Everyone if you put dates into BA website, the dates either side come up for comparison. Including all the different classes of travel. On Mondays in early July, there are bargains to be had in Club. Unless we've booked them all, in which case apologies and all that.

[Chewbecca]

That's great. You'll have to pay more taxes too I think?

[BillSykesDog]

I suspect if the children have parents considerate enough to wonder if this will be okay they'll probably be well brought up enough to consider others themselves and will also be well supervised. It will be fine, have a lovely holiday.

[Aroundtheworldandback]

Pleased you've booked! We travel business long haul, often children around and i don't bat an eyelid. A baby would be different anywhere on the plane, not just business class!

[girlelephant]

Yay! Enjoy

[ExpatTrailingSpouse]

also re seat selection - you can use seat guru to see what the best config of seats would be out of what's left. it's got comments on the pros and cons of each seat and depending on the ages of your DC, may be worth taking into consideration when choosing how you're going to spread yourselves out.

[Atenco]

No Atenco there is no such thing as a better class of people, IMO

Glad that you are of that opinion, and congratulations on your forthcoming holiday

[SadTrombone]

Hooray! Glad you booked it. Enjoy the luxury - very jealous

[Somerville]

Thanks all.
And that's a nice compliment, BillSykesDog thank you. I'd like to think I'm managing to bring them up well, but some days it's still very much a work in progress!

[dollyollymolly]

I thought that said 'Chicken in business class...'.

[Chloe84]

Where are you going, OP? I've never travelled BC/FC so would love to have a look at the BA website.

[EmpressOfTheSpartacusOceans]

MsRuined it is!

(I don't have kids but if I were you I'd be STRAIGHT into business class so glad you booked it.)

[Somerville]

MsRuined is significantly better than 'wee wifey' which MrRuined has taken to calling me. Two weeks married and he's taking liberties like that. Just wish I could stop smiling whenever he says it and tell him off properly.

[TheEmmaDilemma]

Travelling class is based on price not age...!