Originally Posted by
stenulf
Unfortunately I’m flying the first sector in the A350-9 without qsuite. But if there would have been qsuite, I’ve read that the joint middle seat is far better than a seat with bassinet. You can have the baby between you sleeping and still have plenty of room for yourself. Also with the seat in the up right position and walls closed, the baby can have some space to crawl/walk a little bit. However in first class I selected the seat with a bassinet, I don’t think we will use it as they are very small. I have requested it but from reading various forums it’s for very small infants, I think the maximum weight is 12kg but it’s the size of the bassinet that is more restricting. And I think we will be better off having him sleep in our seat instead.
i did not have to call any call center or live chat to issue the ticket. I did some calls before booking but depending on who answer they will either tell you infant is allowed or not. However I’ve heard that you might need to call/chat with them to unlock the couple seats. But maybe that was for people flying together on separate PNR.
just returned from a trip back in Q suite with a 9momth old. 100% recommend middle seats.
cabin crew will make the double bed up whilst the plane is still climbing in order to maximise sleep for you all. Just ask when on the ground.
booked into mini cabin on A350 front row and there was no noise from the galley. It was an overnight flight from LHR so most folks are within first hour of lift off then went to bed.
return was on an 777 sat in row 3 middle. Again little noise from galley, little one crawled around when bed was made up.
Ensure you have e ticket numbers for lap infant as thai guarantees everything is setup on the y stem correctly.
I did booked via BAEC as I needed to use my household avios pool to book seats. Ended up calling the BAEC agent to add lap infant. 15% avios for infant.
where possible booked using PC Directly as if any issues Qatar agents on the ground can sort it out. Otherwise they make you call BAEC which has terrible customer service as all lines are busy!
hope this helps.