To think that it is ok to jump the queue when with an infant?

[Eole]

DH, DC (3 months) and I were flying for the first time today to see family, long expected break!
We had booked priority, lounges and everything we could to relieve a bit of the stress.
Priority queue was quite long to check in luggage and we started queuing nicely.
Another mum came along and told us we could jump the queue which we did gladly as baby started stirring a little bit.
However it enraged some of the people in the queue, literally shouting that it was very out of order and that was no such thing as baby class, and what is wrong with you people etc.
Interestingly, every other step in the airport (security, customs, boarding) we were invited nicely by the staff to jump the queue.

So YANBU, of course you can jump the queue when with an infant
YABU no, you should queue like everyone else

What? So she’d already checked in? She then came and got you in the queue and told you to follow her and took you to the front , instead of just going through to passport control?

I don’t believe that for one minute.

and what airline policy is this exactly? Because in all my days and I’ve genuinely flown a lot with many airlines, habe I ever seen such a policy

Tbh I'd only be annoyed if the queue was massive and I was worried I'd miss my flight. People then being jimmied up in front of me would just push me further and further back.

Otherwise I wouldn't really care.

Sorry that should say which airline was it?

It's giving 'Ooh look at me and my baby I'm more important than all of you' I wouldn't be happy either

Hahaha. I said the comments were stupid! Reading comprehension not your strong point @Poachedeggs1 ?

No one likes queuing.

Its a case of the lesser of two evils.

Do i want to stand with a family and their noisy, smelly, annoying kids, or do i accept that shoving them up front and away from me is better.

Personally, it’s get away from me. Mind you, i think it’s better to get on the plane last anyway, let everyone else go first. I travel light, and always sort my seat out in advance. If there’s a luggage space issue for my small rucksack, the crew always assist me and they are always really helpfull. So, last on, first off.

YABVU! Having a baby does not get your special privileges and another parent telling you it’s ok does not. Knowing how much people hate queuing at the airport, obviously people were going to get annoyed. I say this as someone who moved abroad long haul with my own 3mo baby. We did get ushered over to first class check in to avoid queue but I was very surprised.

@Eole at what point do you stop then? Everyone and their kid in the queue can go before me because I'm single and childless (in the queue) and going to see my dying mother.. what If I had let everyone in front of me because babies and children take priority and then miss my flight and subsequently missed saying goodbye ?

Is that okay because you have a baby and you take priority?

If it was airline policy then they really should have done an announcement for those travelling with infants and that way there's no room for confusion.

In the absence of an announcement I'd probably be a bit irritated by people queue jumping because they've chosen to fly with babies.

That's a good point.

@Eole because I was asked by a family last week to do this in the airport and they told me their need was greater than mine. The above scenario is not made up

I would have let you go in front of me. I know how stressful going anywhere with an infant is and tbh I'd rather let parents of young kids go in front just in case baby plays up. I say this as a Mum of three with a 2 month old herself.

If you can fly with an infant you can queue with an infant, end of.

So woman with tiny baby goes to the front of the queue? Big deal. I really couldn't get worked up about this at all. Who really cares?

YABU , The only time queue jumping with a baby would be reasonable would be if it were a parent on their own with a baby and another small child , then you could reasonably see that she / he could need a bit of extra help . In your case @Eole , there were 2 adults so one of you could have wandered about with the infant whilst the other queued until you got near the front .

I agree families with infants and small children should be allowed to jump the queue.
It’s barbaric to expect those less able - including toddlers or mothers caring for little ones - to queue when they could simply be invited to the front. It’s not like this privilege lasts for ever - so why begrudge parents that extra little help?
Surprised at so many people on here on mumsnet saying “queue with everyone else”.

Yabu,why are you entitled just because you have a child?
A person with a disability or elderly ,yes,fit young family?absolutely not.
Extremely selfish.

I'm sorry for your loss, that must have been very stressful. I hope you got to spend some time with your mother.

Op I think you need to name the airline. There is no airline I know of that has this policy. Only for boarding. So I’d be curious to know which it is, we can then confirm if it’s the policy . If you believe it is you will habe no issue naming it

and I’m starting to think you just saw a family check in ahead of you and decided to queue jump, not realising they were actually first in the queue . The story of an already checked in person coming back through the queue and leading you to the front beggars belief.

Families with young children always used to get called first at boarding, no idea when/why that stopped, probably due to those kind of pathetic, shouty grown-ass adults in the queue bleating about “baby class”?

The people who think it’s weird to queue to get on board. We do this so we can get our hand luggage next to us as I’m claustrophobic and need out asap at the other end. So there’s one reason for you. I remember one snug couple saying ‘oh we just sit till everybody else gets ib, no need to queue…sheep…idiots…etc’. They got on the plane and there was no space for their hand luggage. One bag was placed miles away and behind them so they’d have to wait for the plane to be empty once it lands. The other bag was put in the hold so they’ll need to wait at the other side for baggage. Plane landed, we grabbed our cases and walked smartly out and onto the train. They didn’t.

OP, take it from me, who’s experienced with flying with little kids.
Try and board the plane last. Honestly. I don’t understand why some airlines give priority boarding to families with little ones. You want to minimise the amount of time you’re stuck on the aircraft.

Oh my,,,it’s check in not boarding! 😂

Less able? What disability does a 3-month-old cause 2 adults? How does that affect their ability to stand in a line?

I'd rather you queue jumped (a long way) past me that stood behind me the whole time with a screaming baby.