I will be flying to london for the first time with my new baby boy who is 9 months. Does the airline have baby food?I am flying business class so will that make a difference?

Frankly, we're lucky to get anything more than a seat on an airplane these days. I wouldn't count on the airlines offering this amenity. And even if they did, it may not be to your child's liking; I'd play it safe and bring along food that he/she is used to eating.<BR>

Most airlines do not provide baby food but they will heat/warm the food and milk you provide. You should bring enough filled bottles of milk/formula to last through the flight and for transit between the airport and hotel. Business class honestly does not cater to children as coach class does and either class may not be able to prepare food and bottles of formula, only heat it for you. Please make sure you have enough food/milk/juice for both your outbound and return flight, as well as diapers, pacifiers and anything else your baby may need. Call your airline about the food for accurate information because I could be wrong.

Sure, and they'll also make you a chocolate milkshake as well!<BR><BR>US

Definitely bring your own food as there is nothing available for an infant. If you have time to rethink and rebook, you might think about moving to coach. The business and first class cabins are very baby unfriendly when the baby makes an racket, including the attendants.

I'm not sure what airline prepare flys on, but I've flown American in business class a lot to Europe (no, not rich, just a lot of FF miles). Although no passengers, coach or business, are too happy when a baby cries, the attendants in business class have often gone out of their way to make the baby and the parents more comfortable. On my last flight from Paris to Miami, they worked at asking a lot of people if they were willing to move so that the family with twin babies could have three seats in the center instead of the two at the side they had. I also saw two attendants take the babies for awhile so the parents could enjoy their dinners. The attendants were showing these cute twins to everyone who was interested, including in coach and to the other attendants. They got first class service.

If you're traveling with a baby who's on formula, take it in powdered form -- much lighter and doesn't need refrigeration. If you're concerned about the quality of various other sources of water, you can bring bottled water, too.

Patrick,<BR> I am wondering which flights you were using as I too spend a lot of time in AA business class and can't recall a single plane with 2-3-2 in business class. <BR><BR> Separately I'd like to say that the very helpful crew you mention was actually bothering at least some of the many people they were asking to move around. One of the reasons many people fly business is for a little less bother. I'm sure the crew responds in some ways to the general mood of the cabin on any given flight but I also know they can cringe with babies/children in business because there are definitely going to be passengers asking to do something when the crying/screaming/noise beings.

Of course flight attendants will go out of their way to quiet and calm crying babies in biz class. We'd rather have to deal with one or two unhappy babies than 20 or more irate adults who paid $3,000 to $7,000 for a business conducive (i.e quiet, no kids, dataports for laptops so they can work) cabin.

&quot;Nearly all of them are there as a result of frequent flyer miles.&quot;<BR><BR>Do you travel much or do you understand FF programs.<BR><BR>A certain % are freebies, but I'll bet less than 50% or even 40%.<BR><BR><BR>

For the person who called Nancy &quot;clueless&quot;, I suppose you know better? As a corporate travel agent I know for a fact that most overseas business class passengers are paying passengers. Every major company has some sort of corporate discount with the major airlines which makes C,J and D class affordable. Furthermore most business persons will not take a chance on paying a coach fare (especially nr or a refundable advance purchase fare) and and cross their fingers that they'll get an upgrade. I seriously doubt that you have ever flown transatlantic in business class and if you ever do, why don't you take an informal poll asking how many passengers were upgraded from coach versus actual biz fare passengers?