Bassinet Seating Query
Mar 13, 2014, 9:45 am
#1
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Bassinet Seating Query
Hey Guys,
I'll be taking a TK flight in July from DEL-ZUR, and then STO-DEL couple of weeks later.
I will be traveling with my 11 month old & wanted to understand if TK charges extra for bassinet seating (like for eg: Finnair charges 60 euros for seat allocation).
Will TK allot me bassinet seat automatically and will I have to request for it in anyway?
I plan to buy tickets tomorrow itself, 4 months out from the date of travel.
What do you guys think?
Thank you.
I'll be taking a TK flight in July from DEL-ZUR, and then STO-DEL couple of weeks later.
I will be traveling with my 11 month old & wanted to understand if TK charges extra for bassinet seating (like for eg: Finnair charges 60 euros for seat allocation).
Will TK allot me bassinet seat automatically and will I have to request for it in anyway?
I plan to buy tickets tomorrow itself, 4 months out from the date of travel.
What do you guys think?
Thank you.
Mar 13, 2014, 12:03 pm
#2
Join Date: Nov 2013
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You won't be able to change seats when you book because you are more than three months ahead. But you can ring up and ask them to assign you a bassinet seat. If you book online I'm not 100% it will happen automatically so might want to ring to make sure (although i have no experience of this). I don't think they charge, but could be wrong. Perhaps someone can correct me if I'm wrong!
Jul 23, 2015, 4:39 pm
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It's the standard size that most airline uses. A big challenge using the bassinet is that a lot of babies can't stand being alone there. I saw them jumping up and down in them, sit up leaning out, throwing toys out of the bassinet...... My strategy was to make sure they sleep deep enough before putting them there.
My little girl was really upset when she was woken up by the crew when we were about to land. So once again, be prepared for that.
For an Indian baby you should be able to put your 11mo old in. A lot of airlines said it's for under 7 months. TK doesn't seem to care as far as I have seen (my kids were above 2 when we started using TK). I think it's more a width issue than length issue for a lot of western babies.
My little girl was really upset when she was woken up by the crew when we were about to land. So once again, be prepared for that.
For an Indian baby you should be able to put your 11mo old in. A lot of airlines said it's for under 7 months. TK doesn't seem to care as far as I have seen (my kids were above 2 when we started using TK). I think it's more a width issue than length issue for a lot of western babies.
Jul 23, 2015, 9:01 pm
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It's the standard size that most airline uses. A big challenge using the bassinet is that a lot of babies can't stand being alone there. I saw them jumping up and down in them, sit up leaning out, throwing toys out of the bassinet...... My strategy was to make sure they sleep deep enough before putting them there.
My little girl was really upset when she was woken up by the crew when we were about to land. So once again, be prepared for that.
For an Indian baby you should be able to put your 11mo old in. A lot of airlines said it's for under 7 months. TK doesn't seem to care as far as I have seen (my kids were above 2 when we started using TK). I think it's more a width issue than length issue for a lot of western babies.
My little girl was really upset when she was woken up by the crew when we were about to land. So once again, be prepared for that.
For an Indian baby you should be able to put your 11mo old in. A lot of airlines said it's for under 7 months. TK doesn't seem to care as far as I have seen (my kids were above 2 when we started using TK). I think it's more a width issue than length issue for a lot of western babies.