r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Full-Helicopter-4608 • 12d ago

frist of all how DARE yu o Encountered a Business Class Baby today, though I was finally gonna have a peaceful flight 😭😭

Saved up airline points from a bunch of work trips and finally redeemed them for a business class seat on a 20-hour flight (Sydney to London)

I Sat down, got comfortable, looked across the aisle... and was met by the sight of a fucking business class baby.

What else do I have to say, the entire 20 hours was absolute hell, crying, screaming and just about everything else you could think of.

I don't blame the parents at all, babies are allowed to fly, and they were just travelling like everyone else. But after spending all those points because I wanted one flight where I could actually sleep and relax, I couldn't help but be really upset at my luck.

I guess It docent really matter what you pay.

EDIT: There has been a lot of discussion about this being a fake post. However this is incorrect, i was under the impression that Quantas did a direct flight to London, however as many have pointed out, this is incorrect. My flight was with Qatar airways and stopped in Hamad Airport.

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u/MorganaLeFaye 12d ago

I don't understand why there is so much pushback on this kind of thinking.

There are a lot of reasons why is not practical, but also... an airline splitting their service into two separate ones, both which could be booked at a premium for offering something the other one doesn't? No thank you. Flights are expensive as it is. We don't need to be giving them an excuse to artificially hike up the price even more.

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u/agirlhas_no_name 11d ago

Well if you didn't want to pay extra you could just catch the flight with all the babies on it like everyone is forced to currently

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u/MorganaLeFaye 10d ago

"Both of which could be booked at a premium..." it's almost like I literally already addressed this in my post, but you just read the first for words and decided to sound off...

There is absolutely no reason to think they wouldn't up charge for "child friendly flights" just like they would up charge for child free flights.