Travel ? Would you purchase a seat?

[carfar]

 For a just over 1 year old on a flight across the country for the holidays (so, doing so is around an extra $1000 at this point)  He's a BIG boy (already 22 lbs at 9 months) although generally fairly calm and happy to be held/worn... but not sure if that will be the case as he will most likely get much more mobile in the months up to this trip... 

[Deleted]

Would I spend a thousand bucks on that? Nope. I'd anticipate a miserable flight and survive. I can do a lot of surviving for a thousand bucks.

[af1212]

Aug 27, 2015 12:20:40 GMT -5 carfar said:

 For a just over 1 year old on a flight across the country for the holidays (so, doing so is around an extra $1000 at this point)  He's a BIG boy (already 22 lbs at 9 months) although generally fairly calm and happy to be held/worn... but not sure if that will be the case as he will most likely get much more mobile in the months up to this trip... 

No. I don't buy seats for my kids until I have to because our travel budget is already very tight and it is necessary for us to fly to see family.

[motzie]

I would not. I wouldn't risk it that he would want to sit on my lap the whole time anyway.

[boiler717]

Nope. I might try to find a plane with just two seats together so we didn't have a stranger in the row with us.

[Deleted]

Nope.

[mswax]

Aug 27, 2015 12:21:21 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

Would I spend a thousand bucks on that? Nope. I'd anticipate a miserable flight and survive. I can do a lot of surviving for a thousand bucks.

This.  FWIW, I flew with DS3 on my lap, by myself on a 6-hour flight to/from CA when he was 1 (and 25 lbs).  It wasn't that bad.

[marie3246]

We didn't fly across the country, but we just did 2 hours with DD and ended up with a seat on the way back. She wouldn't sit in it. She just wanted to be held the whole time. For $1000 I would just hold him the whole time.

[magpie]

For $1000, I probably wouldn't. What is the arrangement of seats on the plane? Can you do two seats together without a third/stranger next to you? That would seal the deal for me.

[laurack]

no, I don't pay until they turn 2 and I'm forced to.

I flew alone with them both transatlantic last month (~6 hours per flight), 3 year old in her seat and 15 month old on my lap. It wasn't easy but it was worth the $900 I saved by not buying him a seat!

[longtimenopost]

Nope. We did international with a 15 month old (13 months adjusted). It wasn't fun, but worth $1000 for SURE.

[Deleted]

definitely not for 1K-omg

survive the 3-4 hours and then splurge on a wknd trip for you and your H

[iheartbanjos]

Heck no.

I did not buy seats for my kids until we had to. In fact, DD2 turned 2 while we were on vacation. She flew in my lap on the way there and in her own seat on the way home.

[mrsGreeko]

I never buy seats for my kids until I have to.

We even specifically planned our Hawaiian trip for 2 months before Dd2 turned 2 so we didn't have to buy her a seat.

[sent]

This is kid specific. At that age I would've bought a seat because she was just learning to walk and still squirmy. She hated sitting on laps and would last about 30 seconds.

Now she still isn't the biggest fan of sitting on laps but is happy to be distracted by the iPad. At that age she was not amused by it.

[kershnic]

No way. We did NYC to LA at 16 months with two lap babies. Was it fun? Not really. Was it worth the savings? Absolutely.

[dulcemariamar]

I never bought my DD a seat until she was 2.

[whitemerlot]

I never got my kids a ticket until they needed one at 2.

[isabel]

Heck no. DS won't get his own seat until we're legally required to.

[Deleted]

I feel like this went entirely the opposite way it usually does.

[Deleted]

Aug 27, 2015 17:14:24 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

Aug 27, 2015 17:13:35 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

I feel like this went entirely the opposite way it usually does.

You mean the "IT'S NOT WORTH THE RISK!!!!" backlash that often comes up?

Just every time someone asks if they should buy a seat. 

I wonder if it's the price tag? I mean, I'm always in the "risk taker" camp, but I'm usually a lonely minority of people that post. 

[magpie]

Aug 27, 2015 17:16:32 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

Aug 27, 2015 17:14:24 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

You mean the "IT'S NOT WORTH THE RISK!!!!" backlash that often comes up?

Just every time someone asks if they should buy a seat. 

I wonder if it's the price tag? I mean, I'm always in the "risk taker" camp, but I'm usually a lonely minority of people that post. 

I think it was the price.  For me, it also sounded like the situation wasn't that awful, in terms of holding a kid.  Cross country flights are long, but not *that* long and there will be two adults to one child.  

[carfar]

Aug 27, 2015 17:27:00 GMT -5 magpie said:

Aug 27, 2015 17:16:32 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

Just every time someone asks if they should buy a seat. 

I wonder if it's the price tag? I mean, I'm always in the "risk taker" camp, but I'm usually a lonely minority of people that post. 

I think it was the price.  For me, it also sounded like the situation wasn't that awful, in terms of holding a kid.  Cross country flights are long, but not *that* long and there will be two adults to one child.  

The price is crazy! Ugh. Holiday travel is no joke. We aren't going to get a seat.. But we did get a bulkhead row

[VillainV]

I have always bough a seat for my kiddo because he's not a lap sitter. But for $1000 we'd suck it up and deal with a cranky kiddo on our laps!!!

[Deleted]

I just recently bought DD a seat for our international flight last June and again for this winter, she is still under 2. For 1000$ though, it would have to be more than an 8 hour flight for me to pay that. DD is a nightmare on the plane though and screams and flails about....I couldn't share a single chair with her without getting a busted lip or something.