Travelling with children

• child and infant discounts
• special kids meals which you can pre-order up to 24 hours before departure
• priority boarding for families
• you can take your small folding buggy right to the aircraft door
• Skyflyers activity packs to keep the kids amused during the flight

Family check in on ba.com

• Check in your entire family on ba.com from 24 hours before departure. Groups of 6 people can be checked in as one transaction.
• Choose your seats.
• Pre-order a complimentary ‘Kids Meal’ full of things kids love to eat.
• Print off your boarding passes ready to take to the airport.

At the airport

• Take your baggage to the ‘Fast Bag Drop’ desk where an agent will tag it.
• Go straight through security to the boarding gate.
• You can take your small folding type buggy right to the aircraft door.
• We will board families before other passengers.

Booking a child into a different cabin (Split families)

• minimum age of the child is 5 years old
• child can be booked into any cabin once the parent/guardian is travelling on the same flight
• child must be checked in at the parent/guardian's check-in desk and remain with them until they are handed over at the gate to our British Airways staff
• Silver/Gold cardholders may take the child as a guest into the lounge. However non cardholders on a Club/First class ticket are only entitled to use the lounge for themselves only  
• Ground staff will complete the hand-over form at the gate, or where appropriate, and pass it to the Cabin Crew when they escort the child onto the aircraft. Whilst we retain overall Duty of Care after the child has checked in, the parent/guardian are requested to remain responsible for the child's health, well being and behaviour both on the ground and on-board.

Fare discounts and booking

Infants

• Infants are those under two years old at the time of travel.
• The youngest age an infant can be to travel is 48 hours old. We also advise you to ensure that the treating doctor agrees to the infant travelling.
• An infant fare is charged at 10% of the adult fare when the infant does not have his/her own seat, but sits on an adult’s lap.
• If you want your infant to sit in his/her own seat (they must be between 6 and 23 months), you will be charged the child fare. This cannot be booked online. Please contact your local British Airways office if you wish your infant to have their own seat. You will need to ensure that you have a suitable car seat or have requested one from us for your child to travel in.
• There must be one adult accompanying each infant seated on an adult’s lap.

Children

• Children are those over two and under twelve years old at the time of travel.
• We offer a limited number of discounts for selected shorthaul routes.
  
• For longhaul flights we charge 60% to 80% of the adult fare, depending on your departure gateway. Please refer to your price quote for full details.

How to book

• You can book in the same way as for an adult but referring to the infant/child where appropriate.
• If booking through a travel agent please ensure you provide details of the number of infants/children travelling and their ages.

Infants becoming children during travelling

Children travelling alone

Making a forward booking if you are pregnant

• If your baby has not been born at the time you make your booking, please book for yourself but not your unborn baby.
• Once your baby has been born, contact your local British Airways office and we will be able to arrange to take payment and issue a ticket for your baby, it is currently not possible to do this on ba.com. You will then receive a ticket in your baby's name.

Baggage allowance

Infant seats and carrycots

• If your infant is between 6 and 23 months you can book an individual seat for him/her by paying the child fare.
• The infant will need to be in an approved infant seat (brought onboard by the accompanying adults) which fits on the aircraft seat.
• We also have a limited number of onboard Britax seats which are attached to the bassinet positions. These seats are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis and can be requested from cabin crew onboard the aircraft.

• a seat designed to be secured by means of a normal aircraft single lap strap and face the same direction as the passenger seat on which it rests
•  a purpose-designed children’s car seat with a 5-point restraining harness
• the seat must not exceed the dimensions of the aircraft seat

The CAA does not permit rearward facing car seats.

• Ideal for ages from 6 months to 2 years, but can also be used from birth.
• Adjustable to a variety of positions from horizontal to vertical.
• Available for infants who weigh a maximum of 13kgs/29lbs.
• Available on all longhaul flights, except in First Class on Boeing 777/767 aircraft where only carrycots are available. 

How to book

Meals

Infants

• We offer on board bottle warming and baby-food warming facilities (only un-opened food in a sealed jar) on our longhaul flights.
• We do not carry infant meals or baby milk on board so we recommend that you carry your own baby food and equipment (liquids and sufficient supplies of sterilised bottles) in your cabin baggage.
• We are not able to sterilise bottles or provide sterilised water.

Children

• Our ‘feed kids first’ policy allows you to ensure the little ones are satisfied so you can enjoy your own meal in peace once they are settled.

Entertainment for children

• hours of on screen entertainment from Disney and Cartoon Network together with family blockbuster movies. There is even a parental lock to enable you to block viewing of any unsuitable material on other channels
• a dedicated pop audio channel. Headsets are available for the duration of the flight and are free of charge
• a selection of games on the majority of routes, which you can play using a handheld games console, such as ‘Tic-Tac-Toe’ and ‘Twins Cafe’ in our World Traveller Plus, Club World and FIRST cabins

Skyflyers games on ba.com