This is an interesting thread for me. Covid has kicked the can down the road for us making our inaugural trip as a family of five to see family in the US. Our triplets are now 17 months old, and the current situation has eased the pressure on us to take them to visit Grammie and Grandaddy and their aunts, uncles and cousins. Naturally my wife is desperate to see her family – especially her parents (her dad has had covid) and to see her homeland. So whilst on paper taking 2-3 year old triplets across the pond is a bonkers idea, there are lots of other factors at play.

We’d likely go to MIA, BNA or DEN, and my plan is to get someone else to fly with us and then look at aircraft with old CW so we can have a central group of four, and then maybe a window pair. We’re in no hurry (especially to book), but will probably look at something like February-April next year for a week or two. By then hopefully aircraft might be a little more predictable. My added complication is a back problem, which is worst when standing or sitting for any length of time (exercise is fine). I was in significant pain for days during a work trip a few years ago having flown WTP to HKG (and even then I had 61J on the A380) so ideally I’d want to avoid that. Granted, none of the destinations I mentioned above are as far as Hong Kong, but still.

We’ve got a bank of Avios and several 241s. I’d be happy to do an ex-EU myself (just me – with the b2b the day before), but that kind of thing even 18 months from now could still be much more complicated than it used to be. I’m sure we’ll work it all out and have an exciting trip whenever it happens, and I’ll certainly be asking for lots of advice here along the way.