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Old Mar 28, 2017, 2:52 pm
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heraclitus
 
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Originally Posted by rjque
Have you flown with him as a lap infant before? How did he do? My daughter wouldn't have tolerated it at 11 months, but everyone's kids are different. It's definitely nice to have the extra seat, since coach seats can be really cramped with an infant and all of the related stuff you have to bring on board.
Good advice. It's hard to speculate as to what OP's child might go for. I remember getting my son his own seat for a flight to OGG when he was 18 months... he wanted to be held the entire time. That felt like a waste.

Even after he turned 2 he wanted to be held (which could be quite something on overseas flights). It was really only after he turned 3 that he was happy to sit on his own.

For the OP, if he/she is flying solo with child, then the extra seat makes a bit more sense. But if two adults are going, I'd take baby as a lap child unless they know for a fact that the child won't be happy to be held for that long.
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