Experience flying with British Airways to London with kids

[mryap]

Anyone has experience flying to London with a 3 year old kid and transfer to another Europe city thru Heathrow (London) Terminal 1?

Is the bulkhead seat a good choice?

Thanks in advance

[SQFAN]

Welcome to SQT, mryap

Yes -Anyone has experience flying to London
No - with a 3 year old kid
Yes - transfer to another Europe city thru Heathrow (London) Terminal 1?
Yes, I think so -Is the bulkhead seat a good choice?

Just some comments:

Bulkhead seat is always a good choice as you don't have some-one in front lowering their seat. The only drawback (design flaw) if travelling in Y (744) is that you have the IFE under your seat and to use it, you'll pull it up by popping out the sleeve by your leg. For long haul, that bit of a sleeve which sticks out into your seating area, can be a nuisance. Wished I have a picture to show you.

I had that issue with my recent flight. Maybe it is just where I was seated. Others care to comment?

The further front the better as at the rear for such longhaul flights, the last rows tend to be a hangout bar for boozy travellers.

I cannot comment on the kids toys items that your child will receive nor how attentive the FAs will be. No experience with that.

[jjpb3]

Welcome to SQT, mryap. I second SQFAN's suggestion to get as in front in the Y cabin as you can. You should have priority for the bulkhead seats, unless some other parent checked in before you.

I haven't seen BA FAs cater to parents and their children as much as SQ FAs, but the FAs are very pleasant and helpful.

SQFAN is a much more highly-qualified commentator on the transfer process than I.

[upright man]

Hi mryap,

I have experience flying with kids (my 4 yr old boy and 2 year old girl first flew when they were 3 months old).

l agree that bulkhead seats are your best bet - in April this year, when I flew to Narita in a 747 economy seat, the woman in front leaned her seat back thorughout almost the whole flight, making it very uncomfortable for me.
I regretted not choosing the bulkhead seats when I had the chance to.

In a bulkhead seat even though the legroom is slightly less (I feel) there is no one who can encroach into your space.

[mryap]

Thanks all for the feedback! Really appreciated it

Just check that I was allocated seat 33E and 33D on a Boeing 747.
Look it up at both
http://www.britishairways.com/travel...t/public/en_sg
http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Bri..._747-400_B.php

Any comments or experience to share?

Thanks again.

[upright man]

33D and E are excellent choices. I would have chosen the same ones.

Most likely the 2 seats on your right would be taken too, cos bulkhead seats are popular. If you are lucky there won't be a baby there.

Just remember when you recline back into the space of the pax behind you : no one can do that to you, and thats the biggest advantage of your bulkhead seats.

[flyboy777]

BA Cabin Crew are very good with kids. Get a bulkhead, although I don't agree with SQFAN - i find a more quiet & personal service at the back of WT. You get served first, it's much quieter, & if you get far enough back where the number of seats abreast is reduced its much more comfy. None the less, I would still take a bulkhead for the kids sake.