Flying With Kids

Flying With Kids:  Where To Sit In Business Class On Cathay Pacific
Believe it or not, quite a few of you have asked me about flying with kids on Cathay Pacific in business class. Because we lived in Hong Kong, Cathay Pacific was our primary airline for five years. We continue to fly it to this...
Preventing Air or Car Motion Sickness In Kids (And Adults)
I couldn’t believe it. She grew up flying transpacific, 25 hours door-to-door, from the time she was one month old. The kid grew up on airplanes. All of a sudden at age 5, she started getting air sickness. I thought it wa...
Jet Lag And Kids: How I Prevented It On Our Last Long Haul Flight
Managing jet lag in kids is totally up to the parents and something that years of practice and paid professional advice allow me to have nailed down. Instead of 6 transpacific/transatlantic journeys a year (we were expats), we&...
Flying With Kids:  My Pillow Pets Make Air Travel MUCH Easier
A small My Pillow Pet usually travels with us, but I was interested in taking the large size on our recent long haul flight to Asia (Hong Kong and Tokyo). Airplane pillows, even in first class, are not as comfortable as a My Pi...
Gearing Up For Summer Travel: Flying With Young Kids
On Wednesday, La Jolla Girl and I leave for 2 weeks in Asia. It’s Tuesday and I haven’t packed, but transpacific travel was a huge part of early motherhood for me, in case you didn’t know. She was born in Hong...
This Book Make Flying With Kids Easier
Some of the most popular posts on this site are about flying with kids. Not to mention, I also receive a lot of questions via email asking how we survived so many long haul flights when La Jolla Girl was so little. For those of...
9 Must Haves For Flying With Young Kids
Many of you know that I was an expat and flew long haul with my infant and then toddler, by myself, from Hong Kong to San Diego more times than I can count. I thought I would sign off for the holidays with this advice, for thos...
Redeeming a Child’s American AAdvantage Miles
My daughter has had a credit card since she was 2 years old, thanks to American Airlines. Our kid has been flying, mostly long haul, since she was an baby. My husband wanted to use some of her miles to take a last minute trip. ...
Long Haul Airplane Travel With Young Kids, Part 4: Packing List & Last Thoughts
If you are just joining the Long Haul Airplane Travel With Young Kids series, please start at Part 1. This final installment will talk about my packing list, some random last thoughts and business class seating. We had the priv...
Long Haul Airplane Travel With Young Kids, Part 3: Sleep on the Plane & Gear
If you are new to the Long Haul Airplane Travel With Young Kids series, start first by reading Part 1 and Part 2. Airplane Bassinets If your baby needs a bassinet, you’ll be in the bulkhead. The bassinet, unfortunately, t...