Flying first class with an 18 month old?

[lost*in*cyberspace]

Agree that first class isn't all that on the short domestic flights. You're better off just going direct.

A direct flight has stops. You mean a non-stop flight.

 

[OKW Lover]

This is very rare, and as I said, I don't think Delta has these.

Agree that they are limited, but they aren't rare. Delta has at least one every day. I've been on it.

 

[a742246]

My choose would be non-stop flight, landing and taking off could cause pain with the ears of an infant. Even though 1st class will give you more room I think the non-stop flight would be more beneficial to you!

 

[Yellowjj]

This is very rare, and as I said, I don't think Delta has these. In July, I was upgraded to business on a United flight DEN-IAD and had a lie flat seat; first time that has happened to me on a domestic flight and I fly a lot. The flight was continuing to Europe.

Not rare at all if you fly coast to coast. JFK to LAX/SFO are 100% flatbed seating for Delta, United and American. While Jetblue is at about 60% with its Mint product and aims to fully transition over by next summer.

http://news.delta.com/delta-becomes...ts-featuring-direct-aisle-access-all-widebody

The relevant part..."All transcon flights on these routes will feature full flat-bed seats by summer 2015."

These routes are premium routes and are treated as such.

 

[lost*in*cyberspace]

Not rare at all if you fly coast to coast. JFK to LAX/SFO are 100% flatbed seating for Delta, United and American. While Jetblue is at about 60% with its Mint product and aims to fully transition over by next summer.

http://news.delta.com/delta-becomes...ts-featuring-direct-aisle-access-all-widebody

The relevant part..."All transcon flights on these routes will feature full flat-bed seats by summer 2015."

These routes are premium routes and are treated as such.

These are just a very few flights out of the many flown every day coast to coast. There are a lot more flights than LAX/SFO-JFK. Your chances of being on a transcontinental flight with lie flat seats is very, very low; my point was that you should not expect this.

That Delta link you posted states Delta will have lie flat seats only on limited routes, SEA/SFO/LAX-JFK. That's leaving out quite a large number of Delta transcontinental flights.

 

[tasha99]

Agree that they are limited, but they aren't rare. Delta has at least one every day. I've been on it.

I agree. I had a flat lying/pod seat on the first leg of a trip to nyc last month (Portland to Atlanta). Very nice, and I felt obligated to try to nap.

As for which flight, I don't know . . . I remember lap baby days and always found it hard to have a squirmy kid in my lap for hours on end. Direct and one takeoff/landing causing ear pain would probably win out for me.