I am a 33 year old man travelling with my wife and 18 months old baby on Delta flight 167 Boeing 767 from Accra to New York. What seat position would be the best for us especially as we want to be by a window to have arial view of our flight and enjoy the scenery.
As adorable as I’m sure your 18-month-old baby is, s/he presents a challenge in this particular situation.
Specifically, are you going to purchase a seat for the baby, or do you intend to carry her/him on your lap?
Delta allows children under the age of two to ride in a parent’s lap, and will only charge 10% of the adult fare (plus taxes and fees) for the child’s ticket. This isn’t a bad deal, but it could definitely make an already long 11.5 hour flight feel twice as long.
If you are planning on purchasing only two seats, your best bets would probably be 15FG or 16AB (see the seat map for this flight). Both are bulkheads and will give you slightly more room to stretch out. The window position at 15G might be slightly better than 16A, but the difference would be negligable. If those seats aren’t available, any AB/FG combination between rows 28-40 should also be suitable, though potentially a bit more cramped should the travelers in front decide to recline their seats.
Stay away from row 41 – the views are obstructed to the point of being nearly non-existent from these seats.
After conducting an exhaustive survey of the parents in the office, however, we strongly recommend purchasing a third seat if your budget allows. The location of the third seat is entirely up to you. If you are going to attend to the child for most of the flight and want to ensure your wife enjoys a view, you will probably want to purchase an A or G seat directly in front of or behind the seats you and your child occupy. On the other hand, if your wife will be attending to the baby during the flight, and you aren’t concerned about the view, an adjacent C or E seat might be preferable, as you will feel less removed from your family.
Enjoy your trip. And give serious consideration to purchasing three tickets … you’ll be glad you did.
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