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A passenger gave birth as a Caribbean Airlines flight was landing at New York JFK, with air traffic control expediting the arrival, arranging medical help at the gate, and then delivering the perfect line once the baby was out: “Name the baby Kennedy.”
On a late-night flight with the cabin dark and most passengers asleep, a flight attendant says he stepped on something in the aisle, tried to step over it, and accidentally kicked it—only to hear a baby cry and realize a parent had put the child on the floor to sleep. Beyond the obvious shock factor, a “baby in the aisle” is a serious egress and safety problem: it turns the main evacuation path into an obstruction, and turbulence or a drink cart can turn a bad idea into a catastrophe.
A woman flying from New York to Zurich says her business-class seatmate erupted when her nine-month-old cried for two minutes, even trying to persuade the crew to move her to economy. The incident sparked a debate about who “belongs” in premium cabins — and what parents can realistically do to minimize disruptions when they travel with young children.
There’s a piece of advice that gets shared regularly on social media, a travel “hack” for parents of young children, that says to just slip them onto your suitcase and roll them through the airport. Genius, right? So much easier than carrying the child, as well as your bags, after you’ve checked the stroller!
A woman went online for the internet’s judgment on whether she was in the wrong to fly first class over Thanksgiving with her three year old. Another passenger tried to get them kicked out of first class before the flight even began, asked her to go back to coach during the flight, and hurled profanity at her at the end of the flight.
A woman went into labor today on American Airlines flight 87 from London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare. The plane diverted to Reykjavik for the mother and child to receive medical attention. After just under two hours on the ground in Iceland, the Boeing 787-9 aircraft took off from the Keflavik airport bound for Chicago.
Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and frequent business travel -- a topic he has covered since 2002.
Co-founder of frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present) Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About Gary »
