Last summer was the first time I flew J on a widebody with jr. I've flown J with him numerous times on narrowbodies. Before this last summer, we didn't really consider taking jr. in a pod as we were worried he might have needed too much help, although he's a fairly good traveler and we probably could have attempted it at 6.

On the same trip I also traveled with my wife and daughter (4yr old). My wife opted to travel PY with my daughter as my daughter likely would have found a pod too scary to be on for a TATL flight (she likes to sit right next to a parent on a flight). My daughter has also traveled narrowbody J several times.

Originally I wanted us to all fly J as I was wanting to burn points, and it was available on most segments, but my wife didn't think pods would work for our daughter. It was the right call; when my daughter saw the pods in the plane, she said she was glad she wasn't in one. My wife and I likely wouldn't have enjoyed the J experience if my 4 yr old couldn't handle it well. In then end, my wife and daughter both really enjoyed PY and my wife wants to book that cabin in the future.

On the other hand, a couple years ago I flew YVR-NRT in J and there was a lady travelling with her 2 children (oldest one was 4). The had no issues on the flight - simply put down the beds and the kids slept almost the whole way.