Split bookings Adult+child Club, Adult+child WT+ Can we swap on plane?
Jan 6, 2009, 10:03 am
#47
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i'd suggest the crew are cutting everyone a bit of slack by letting people make a brief visit.
Jan 6, 2009, 10:25 am
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On the other hand, try asking the crew if you can have a visitor from another cabin when you're in CW and you'll get a pretty swift "no". Unless, of course, that visitor is from F
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Jan 6, 2009, 4:14 pm
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My partner and I are both very slim (although I hasten to add toned, tanned and muscular). If I booked myself in F and him in Y, would it be possible to sneak him into 1A post dinner service? And could I expect an additional amenity kit?
Jan 6, 2009, 4:50 pm
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Doesn't matter how you look, the answer is still no.
Jan 6, 2009, 5:52 pm
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Is it just me or has this thread started to become one of taking the p..s in trying to get something for nothing (or cheap anyway)
Jan 7, 2009, 1:26 am
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In different times, my boss would descend from First during the flight to cheer up his minions travelling in further-back cabins. Oddly, he never invited us to join him in his world. And just as oddly, we heartily wished he would stay out of ours.
Turning to the confected dramas in this thread, common sense suggests:
(a) children travelling with parents would be supervised by the parents throughout the flight. Or if you have a nanny, drag her along too.
(b) teenagers would breeze through a six-hour separation from a parent, and might well accept an economy-class seat as a small price to pay for this.
At the other extreme, I was reading in a thread elsewhere a parent expecting compensation for being separated from her child by two rows in economy on a one-hour sector...
Turning to the confected dramas in this thread, common sense suggests:
(a) children travelling with parents would be supervised by the parents throughout the flight. Or if you have a nanny, drag her along too.
(b) teenagers would breeze through a six-hour separation from a parent, and might well accept an economy-class seat as a small price to pay for this.
At the other extreme, I was reading in a thread elsewhere a parent expecting compensation for being separated from her child by two rows in economy on a one-hour sector...
Jan 7, 2009, 3:16 am
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In different times, my boss would descend from First during the flight to cheer up his minions travelling in further-back cabins. Oddly, he never invited us to join him in his world. And just as oddly, we heartily wished he would stay out of ours.
Turning to the confected dramas in this thread, common sense suggests:
(a) children travelling with parents would be supervised by the parents throughout the flight. Or if you have a nanny, drag her along too.
(b) teenagers would breeze through a six-hour separation from a parent, and might well accept an economy-class seat as a small price to pay for this.
At the other extreme, I was reading in a thread elsewhere a parent expecting compensation for being separated from her child by two rows in economy on a one-hour sector...
Turning to the confected dramas in this thread, common sense suggests:
(a) children travelling with parents would be supervised by the parents throughout the flight. Or if you have a nanny, drag her along too.
(b) teenagers would breeze through a six-hour separation from a parent, and might well accept an economy-class seat as a small price to pay for this.
At the other extreme, I was reading in a thread elsewhere a parent expecting compensation for being separated from her child by two rows in economy on a one-hour sector...
Jan 7, 2009, 6:51 am
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We visited them regularly and were assured by the very helpful CC that their behviour was "impecable".
The cost of a club ticket is the same for child as adult, so do not see too much of a problem - I am not the rule maker though!
Jan 7, 2009, 6:58 am
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We were frantic about them not behaving themselves, but confident that they would, and they did
We visited them regularly and were assured by the very helpful CC that their behviour was "impecable".
We visited them regularly and were assured by the very helpful CC that their behviour was "impecable".
Jan 7, 2009, 7:48 am
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Also, review my prior post: the only reason my daughter would end up in FIRST on this flight is because there wouldn't be a seat available in NCW (or, for that matter, in WT -- although I've had AA's EXP desk initiate the request and had it turned down), forcing me to pay up for a higher award level for her for FIRST in order to make the trip. (Yes, there's always the possibility of me buying her a revenue seat -- and if I do, I'd buy a return and throw away the inbound leg, to save GBP 800 or so.) If the seats were NCW & WT, none of this would be an issue -- there is no buddy seat, after all.
Admittedly this means you will not get the full value of what you have paid for, but if sitting with your daughter is a high priority this might be a palatable solution for everyone (especially the lucky person who gets the unexpected bonus of moving from NCW to first!)
Jan 7, 2009, 6:50 pm
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One other potential option for you that I haven't seen suggested yet is to book your daughter in first, and then offer for her to swap with the person sat next to you in NCW (might need to be pre-cleared with the cabin crew).
Admittedly this means you will not get the full value of what you have paid for, but if sitting with your daughter is a high priority this might be a palatable solution for everyone (especially the lucky person who gets the unexpected bonus of moving from NCW to first!)
Admittedly this means you will not get the full value of what you have paid for, but if sitting with your daughter is a high priority this might be a palatable solution for everyone (especially the lucky person who gets the unexpected bonus of moving from NCW to first!)
I'd rather let my daughter sit in F than give it to a total stranger and make her sit in WT. And something tells me that the gate staff would not be amenable to swapping F & WT for 2 NCW...
Jan 8, 2009, 3:04 am
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Did they get their nibbles from the Club Kitchen or the F galley?
Were they allowed to visit you (briefly, one at a time maybe) in F? I would have thought when their behaviour is "impecable" (the CC member was Spanish? - impeCABle) is exactly when the crew should allow a visit; and when they are being noisy little b*ggers is when the CSD should think up a reason why they can't visit the F cabin.
Were they allowed to visit you (briefly, one at a time maybe) in F? I would have thought when their behaviour is "impecable" (the CC member was Spanish? - impeCABle) is exactly when the crew should allow a visit; and when they are being noisy little b*ggers is when the CSD should think up a reason why they can't visit the F cabin.
I shall add the necessary C when the site allows me to edit.Yes, They were invited up to F on a couple of occassions - only my son took up the offer - my daughter seemed to be araldited to the (working) IFE.