Originally Posted by
Pascoe
Hi
Never flown air NZ but we are contemplating a trip down there (from London) with our two kids (ages at flight would be 3.5 yrs and 9 months respectively. So one needs own seat, one will need to be on lap at takeoff / landing).
Looking at the options if we fly Air NZ, skycouch looks great, but I am assuming that in order to actually get the benefit we might actually need to book two of these (so in both cases probably an adult in the aisle seat and the nipper in the window and middle, with the footrests up.
Is that a sensible way to do it? (presumably we need the pod thingy for the baby).
Is it generally ruinously expensive that way?
We sat behind a young family (mum, dad, toddler, baby) who did just this on a flight to Tokyo. This was during a travel period where NZ had been offering Skycouch upgrades for $1 so it may be that they just took advantage of that, but the layout certainly seemed to work well for them. I know opinions on this board are mixed about Skycouch but I quite like them, and from what I've seen from those who use them with kids is that they can de-stress the whole 'travelling long haul in Y' experience with young children.