Chicken pox and flight.

[Thecrystalkoala]

Ok this should be called AIBU to use this most active chat to get the most advice.

I’d like to be clear i’m absolutely not looking for permission or for someone to sway me. I’m looking for genuine help please.

So i’m stuck in Spain with my 17 month old. I came out here with my husband and baby for a 3 night break while our eldest two were at home with relatives. Our baby came down with chicken pox the day before we were due to fly. I’m very very very aware the dangers of chicken pox to the vulnerable so there was no way I wanted to cover him up and fly because IMO that’s just utterly selfish.

Our insurance co have been absolutely catastrophic to the point where I am still quite traumatised about the fact they left me stranded for three hours literally on the street with a poorly baby because of their f*ck up.

Fast forward and we’ve got our fit to fly certificate and flights being booked for
Sunday with the insurer.

I was cleaning babies hands at lunch when to my utter horror,one of his original red spots that didn’t blister, HAS STARTED TO BLISTER. I am literally beside myself. I’ve read so much conflicting info. Airline says 7 days after last spots have appeared which yes we fall into that category however an OG spot is now blistered. The blister fluid i’m sure is contagious??? I am so shocked this has happened. I didn’t think it would blister 8 days later!!!

What the hell am I supposed to do here? This has really thrown me and I don’t know what to do because advice online is so conflicting and I don't dare ask my insurers because they’ve been abhorrent so far.

Has anyone had experience of this? I don’t know where to turn or what to do?!

Thank you

Is it somewhere you can cover up? I don’t think he can fly for another 7 days because he’s got a new blister

It's Friday today so you've got a couple of days yet. You have your fit to fly letter - I'd stop worrying and look forward to going home! Hope baby continues to recover quickly!! X

This is where it’s confusing me because it’s not a new spot. It’s an original spot that’s decided to blister a week later! On the palm of his hand ! x

You will be following the airlines rules. Carry on with the plan to fly home Sunday.

The new blistering isn't in contravention of the airline rules. Go home.

No it’s not. I’m just petrified because surely the blister is contagious?

Petrified is a crazy over reaction. Whether or not it’s contagious, you need to get home. Especially if your insurance company isn’t being supportive.

I think in this instance you need to balance out the risks associated with being stranded in a foreign country with an unwell baby and the needs of other passengers and in this situation I would say get your flight and go home. It would be different if your insurance company were supportive and you had a clear plan but that's not the case so you need to get your child home.

"What the hell am I supposed to do here?"

You get on the plane with your child and go home.

The fluid in the blisters will be contagious but that doesn’t mean that you’re not already past the most contagious stage where the virus can be transmitted by droplets in the air (eg, from sneezing or close breathing). You will have (unwittingly) been more contagious on the flight out rather than this flight home.

You've got a fit to fly certificate .The insurance allow you to fly in Sunday. You have flights booked.

Get on that plane.

If you ate worried about that one spot, put a plaster on it.

You’ve done all you could OP, time to go home.

This!

Get on the plane!!

As a PP said, he was more contagious with no spots on the flight over. Get on the plane and get home

The EXACT same thing happened to me in crete in 2016! The fit to fly certificate will be enough to get you home xx and my insurers were absolutely fucking awful too.