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Taking 18 month old to Melbourne... via Kuala Lumpur or Dubai??

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MrsCravendale · 03/03/2009 22:30

We are trying to decide which airline to fly with, where to stop over and what to do about a car seat as we have found out that UK car seats are illegal in Oz...

Anyone been in this situation or able to advise on the whole situation?

Thanks

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AttilaTheMeerkat · 04/03/2009 07:25

Just KL or Dubai?. I'd consider Singapore as well in your list of stopovers.

You have quite a choice of carriers; there's Singapore Airlines (who are supposed to be very good all round), BA and Quantas to name but three. BA themselves no longer fly direct into Melbourne, that service ended a few months ago.

Dubai airport is grim. Do not stopover there under any circumstances.

Are you visiting friends/family - they could well help with the car seat issue. If you're hiring a car in Aus they should also assist with lending you a car seat.

janinlondon · 04/03/2009 12:21

Most flights via Dubai also stop in an Asian hub, so you would usually have two stops instead of one?

Amani · 04/03/2009 12:33

Dubai airport is always busy no matter what time of the day you go (this is before the extention was completed), KL airport is huge, lovely and less chaotic.

iamconfussed · 04/03/2009 12:34

I would recommend Singapore airlines and a stop over in Singapore too.

JAL are fab too and we had a great stopover in Tokyo too.

When travelling with children I have found that the Sth East/Asian airlines are the best. The onflight staff are very helpful. I have done the Lon/Melb flight twice with DD. When she was 5mo and 2.8yo and flew with SA and JAL.

BA/Qantas are not good at all!

You can hire car seats once you are there.

hazlinh · 08/03/2009 03:13

i'd recommend singapore airlines and a stopover in singapore or malaysia airlines and a stopover in kuala lumpur...they're both very good. both cities are child-friendly, with loads to do.

Califrau · 08/03/2009 03:21

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Rebeccaj · 13/03/2009 10:38

You can easily hire cars seats - we took our then 9month and 27 months olds to Oz for a month two years ago and hired them seats. We flew to Sydney via Hong Kong, but only stopped for 4 hours - we just wanted to get it over and done with! It worked well, and they adjusted to the time diff quicker than we did.

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