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.
I haven't flown him with him as a lap infant on longhaul but he's been fine on the two short haul trips we've done, we've found out from BA that we'd need a travel restraint if I booked him his own seat, between Canada's rules (canadian manufacture only and that he'd need to rearface in the car by age and weight) vs BA's rules (forward facing) and the UK's lack of market for airline suitable car seats its looking like lap infant is our only option, we're debating now whether we fly premium economy with BA over economy for that bit of extra space
My daughter travelled well as a lap infant at the same age so I guess i'm hoping for fingers crossed!