Originally Posted by englisha

Im curious if anyone has done something similar with young kids?

So, I managed to persuade the wife that for our Christmas holiday we should fly business class, as id found a good deal..This, of course was welcomed. I also told how if we take just a slightly longer route we could all make BA silver, which was still ok. The final itinerary was welcomed with slightly less enthusiasm.

With all the of the family having BA TP reset dates in November and December, it will effectively mean 2 years of being Silver for the kids, and the wife and I should go on to make gold later in the year.

The fare was the MAD-SKB-CDG business class fare that was available for quite some time this year. We have 2 kids aged 3 and 6 who have travelled all over the world with us, thanks to me being self employed and being able to take ample time off work.

The route I came up with was MAD-LHR-PHL-MCO-MIA-SKB/SKB-MIA/MIA-CLT-CDG, all in business or AA domestic first for a grand total of 3150 GBP for all 4 of us. We have 3 days in SKB and will also stop in Miami for 8 days for a Caribbean cruise.

Furthermore, we live in Varna, Bulgaria, so for positioning we are flying VAR-SOF-MAD on the outward journey and CDG-LHR-SOF-VAR (with 8 days in London to see my family) so it will be a total of 13 flights in 22 days.

Am I completely bonkers dragging my family through this with me? My thinking is that business class is hardly slumming it and hopefully we will enjoy the travelling part too. We start this journey this Saturday so time will tell!