FlyerGirl77

Hi all,

We are planning our summer family visit. We are two parents, and (then hopefully) 2 kids, one 3y old, the other 3m old.

We are flying from SFO to FRA, economy or economy plus.

There are two direct options, one is with UA (B747-400), the other one is with LH (A380). One of us is Mileageplus Gold / Staralliance UA*G member.

We have three full seats to book and cannot book the "Infant in Lap" seat until Kid 2 is born.

From your experience: Which airline and airplane would you recommend for the above setting, if prices are similar?
What are bassinet rows in the planes, the ones with at the bulkhead?
Also, would you recommend booking online or having a call with the agent?


Any additional thoughts?

THANK YOU SO MUCH
FlyerGirl77

(this is also showing up at Star Alliance Forum. I did not know that there's a Kids forum, sorry about that!)

erik123

LH is much better with infants and is good with assigning bassinet seat when you book. You can book the unborn infant. They use 'infant' or similar as the first name. In regular economy that would be my clear preference.

Economy+ on UA is worth quite a bit though - so if they can assign you the bassinet position when booking I'd likely go for that.

FlyerGirl77

That's strange. I spoke with LH yesterday and they advised me that the Lap infant cannot be booked before the birth of the child. Your experience is clearly different?

erik123

Apologies for jumping the gun. Booking an unborn infant is typically possible many carriers. I have traveled with an infant on LH but she was born already. I would still call back and ask a supervisor and/or check if you can reserve the bassinet and add the infant after s/he is born.