Club World Lounge Access with Children
May 8, 2019, 10:36 am
#62
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,190
Each to their own I guess.
The hotel analogy is a good one.
The best way to start a "family holiday" is to split up the family? Not sure what message that sends.
What's next? We'll go to the airport in a Limo, and the kids get to ride in a clapped out taxi?
All different parenting choices, I get it.
rb211.
The hotel analogy is a good one.
The best way to start a "family holiday" is to split up the family? Not sure what message that sends.
What's next? We'll go to the airport in a Limo, and the kids get to ride in a clapped out taxi?
All different parenting choices, I get it.
rb211.
May 8, 2019, 10:54 am
#63
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: LHR
Programs: BAEC Gold, SkyTeam Elite Plus, Sixt Gold
Posts: 418
As you rightly say, it is parenting style, and everyone is entitled to follow their own.
I differ slightly to you, in that I want my children to benefit from what I earn, and would rather treat them as equals. Just because I did not have something as a child, does not mean they should not.
So, when we travel, we sit in the same cabin of travel. Why? Because I was brought up to embrace the importance of togetherness and family.
By the same token, when we book a hotel, I make sure we all stay in the same hotel. If I book a Hilton, I'd rather not send my kids round the corner to a Premier Inn. However, that of course, is simply parenting style.
M
I differ slightly to you, in that I want my children to benefit from what I earn, and would rather treat them as equals. Just because I did not have something as a child, does not mean they should not.
So, when we travel, we sit in the same cabin of travel. Why? Because I was brought up to embrace the importance of togetherness and family.
By the same token, when we book a hotel, I make sure we all stay in the same hotel. If I book a Hilton, I'd rather not send my kids round the corner to a Premier Inn. However, that of course, is simply parenting style.
M
May 8, 2019, 10:59 am
#64
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: LHR
Programs: BAEC Gold, SkyTeam Elite Plus, Sixt Gold
Posts: 418
TBH, and I know I am going to make a controversial comment here in the age of political correctness, in my experience children in J/F are much more well behaved than many in Y.
May 8, 2019, 12:11 pm
#66
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: In the sticks
Programs: VS FC Gold, BA EC Gold, Amex Centurion, EK Gold, ex-G-ATVK driver
Posts: 1,831
If the OP was really desperate for lounge access, they could buy a couple of throw away tickets for the nippers on a CE flight. I suspect one of the parents would need to buy a ticket on the same flight, but that could be in Y.
I agree with others, Plane Food would be my recommendation, and frankly you’re more likely to see me in there, I prefer it to all the lounges in T5 including the CCR.
I agree with others, Plane Food would be my recommendation, and frankly you’re more likely to see me in there, I prefer it to all the lounges in T5 including the CCR.
May 8, 2019, 12:29 pm
#67
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: North Yorkshire, UK / Pasadena CA
Programs: BA Silver
Posts: 1,311
Am I the only one who would ask the kids what they prefer? At their age I treat them as having agency. (Yea, I know, I'm an unreconstructed soixtante-huitard and it shows).
Last edited by fripperies; May 8, 2019 at 12:48 pm
May 8, 2019, 1:03 pm
#69
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Dundee
Programs: BA Plastic. HH Diamond. Speedwell Bar Lifetime Platinum.
Posts: 1,425
I don't think it was.
A different property is not the same as a different cabin on the same aircraft. A more accurate hotel analogy would be same hotel, different floors or suite for adults room for children. IMHO.
A different property is not the same as a different cabin on the same aircraft. A more accurate hotel analogy would be same hotel, different floors or suite for adults room for children. IMHO.
May 8, 2019, 1:20 pm
#70
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 3,190
Maybe this is the model for holidaying "with" our kids that we should employ... separate everything!
rb211.
May 8, 2019, 1:37 pm
#72
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Dundee
Programs: BA Plastic. HH Diamond. Speedwell Bar Lifetime Platinum.
Posts: 1,425
Yes, not quite the same. But close enough to make the point I think. In fact separate hotels is slightly better (maybe) in that if there is an emergency, it is likely to affect only one hotel not both, so either the parents deal with their emergency and don't have to worry about the kids, or they only have to worry about the kids and not themselves. Whereas in a plane it is likely to affect both...
May 8, 2019, 1:58 pm
#73
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: London
Programs: BAEC 1991
Posts: 45
I am a newbie here but add my welcome to this forum.It looks like you have had a good deal of great advice as regards your original post (and I will add my tuppence below). You will need to filter out other stuff.Mrs BF and I took No 1 son to Washington with us last year (LHR-IAD WT+) with one Silver Card between us and had an enjoyable but expensive breakfast at Plane Foods. On the way home (JFK-LHR WT+ daytime flight) No 1 son overslept at the hotel so grateful for shower at JFK lounge while I breakfasted at the Golden Arches (not the worst breakfast I have eaten). Grin and bear it but involve everyone in the decision.
May 8, 2019, 2:01 pm
#75
Join Date: May 2018
Programs: BAEC Silver
Posts: 219
Yes, not quite the same. But close enough to make the point I think. In fact separate hotels is slightly better (maybe) in that if there is an emergency, it is likely to affect only one hotel not both, so either the parents deal with their emergency and don't have to worry about the kids, or they only have to worry about the kids and not themselves. Whereas in a plane it is likely to affect both...
Maybe this is the model for holidaying "with" our kids that we should employ... separate everything!
rb211.
Maybe this is the model for holidaying "with" our kids that we should employ... separate everything!
rb211.