Originally Posted by jammin

Thanks everyone for the excellent information and advice.

Just on this..



My understanding is that as the airline was departing the EU and as the delay was for 24 hours, your friend was entitled to receive accommodation, meals, transportation costs as necessary and two phone calls.

Regarding my son's car seat, I had intended on wrapping it in cling film in order to keep it clean and dry and also to stop the straps dangling. On the other hand, I could take it on board and have my son sit in it during the flight as was suggested. I'm honestly not sure whether he's be more comfortable sitting / sleeping in the car seat or in the actual aeroplane seat. Oh, thinking about it, would a car seat fit in the overhead locker on a 757? Maybe we could take the car seat on board and just place it in the overhead locker if preferred.

Thinking of the 757, I had noticed it's a smaller aircraft than the 747 which we normally fly on when we fly long haul to Asia. 747s are 3-4-3 seating, whereas 757s appear to be 3-3 seating only. Does this mean that 757s are tiny?