4 In 10 Parents Would Ditch Kids In Coach If Offered 1st Class Seats “Flying with kids sucks enough that 40% of parents would take a first class seat upgrade even if it meant leaving their children in coach.” 😬
you have to tow along with you on an airplane, and you have the makings for a weird sort of dread sandwich: Going on a trip can be great, but there’s that whole airport-and-plane part at the beginning and the end. That’s why we’re exactly zero percent surprised at the results of, which captured some of parents’ real feels about traveling with their kids — including how many of them would be willing to ditch their kiddos in coach to take a first-class seat upgrade.
That number, overall, is about 40 percent of parents, as it turns out. However, it does depend pretty heavily on the age of the kid. Less than 10 percent of parents said they’d leave a kid of “any age” alone in coach. About the same number said they’d be willing to leave a child under age 5. Nine percent said 10 years old is an appropriate age for kids to fly alone behind the first-class curtain, while 12 percent said they’d wait until their child was at least 12.
Of the parents surveyed, 76 percent said they’ve been on a flight with their kids, and 55 percent said they dread the prospect of doing it again. That seems like a lot… until you think about it. A third of parents said their kids have had tantrums at the airport while waiting for a flight, and 36 percent admitted they’ve been embarrassed by their kids’ behavior on a family trip.
More than half of parents — 55 percent — actually feel bad for other travelers. They said they think part of a plane should be reserved for families with kids so no one else has to sit near them. It’s worth noting here that this was a survey of
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