Can you take children in First Class

PUREHOMES

on british airways? Just wondering as I may be able to get a free upgrade.

cheekymole

They prefer children not to I think but I don't think they can actually refuse

rdwarr

Last time my wife flew out to Canada she (and her two children) were given an upgrade to First! Saves a bit on the free champagne I suppose

Broken_hearted

Why wouldn't children be able to fly first class?

Bob63

It's certainly not a problem on Virgin Atlantic (which is a much better airline IMHO). I'm flying my 14 year old daughter across to the USA in first class over the summer holidays.

Mike

Cardew

The OP was talking about a free upgrade.

It is difficult enough to get a free upgrade and virtually every airline has to upgrade its Elite class frequent flyers first. Not many children have this status.

LB1985

cheesy.mike wrote:

It's certainly not a problem on Virgin Atlantic (which is a much better airline IMHO). I'm flying my 14 year old daughter across to the USA in first class over the summer holidays.

Mike

Nit-picking here (sorry!) but technically Virgin Atlantic's Upper Class is not regarded as a first class product in the industry, but rather business class. However, I've heard lots of good things about it!

chalky_bertie

PUREHOMES wrote:

on british airways? Just wondering as I may be able to get a free upgrade.

If I had paid that much money for First class on BA I would like there to be no children in the cabin - a bit of piece and quiet, thanks.

Bob63

LB1985 wrote:

Nit-picking here (sorry!) but technically Virgin Atlantic's Upper Class is not regarded as a first class product in the industry, but rather business class. However, I've heard lots of good things about it!

You are correct. Virgin advertise it as first class service at business class prices. I have flown in British Airways Club World (aka business class) a couple of times and it was nothing to write home about. I have flown in Virgin Upper Class at least 20 times, maybe more, and I absolutely love it. The cabin has a bar with bar stools that you can spend the whole flight sitting on if you want to. You get an in-flight massage - from Sydney to Hong Kong last year I had two and turned down a third!. The lounges in Heathrow are like nothing I have ever seen in my life. The bottom line is that Upper Class far exceeds what BA provides in business class and is an equal if not a better than BA's first class.

I know which I would choose if I were spending my own money to fly!

Mike

bluemorph

chalky_bertie wrote:

If I had paid that much money for First class on BA I would like there to be no children in the cabin - a bit of piece and quiet, thanks.

Just what i was thinking, but i was not brave enough to say it, i have never flown in first, only in business, and there were children in the cabin, must admit that they were very well behaved though.

richardw

Some airlines offer a split class family service, where they will look after the children in economy and the parents sit in business.