Originally Posted by koji Originally Posted by moa999 Take a flight.The one through train G100 is an 8hr 17min journey 3hours ahead arrriving the airport + 3 hours flight + 2hours toad trip between city centre and the airport + uncertainty of delay, compared with 9 hours train connecting two ci...

It's rarely the kids fault when they cause problems on flights. The problem is always the inattentive parents who fail to exercise any control over their children, and often look at a flight as a way to release themselves from parental obligations for a few hours.

What absolutely amazes me is the tight arsed approach airlines take in circumstances like this. Why don't they say to themselves, "Stuff it, we've downgraded someone on a full BC cabin. Let's take the goodwill advantage of this and give the loyal passenger unfortunately downgrade the ticket grat...

Another contributing factor to the others mentioned here are the curfew times governments enforce at most large Australian airports.

Originally Posted by Steve987 I’d prefer to invest the $52k in business class tickets to places I actually want to go, but each to their own! Beat me to it!