{"id":4595,"date":"2025-07-19T01:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T01:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/4595\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T01:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T01:25:11","slug":"outraged-flyer-reveals-what-young-child-did-in-business-class-that-ruined-his-flight-are-his-complaints-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/4595\/","title":{"rendered":"Outraged flyer reveals what young child did in business class that ‘ruined his flight’ – are his complaints fair?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A United Airlines passenger was left infuriated over what he claimed was the bad behavior of a young child flying in the business class cabin.<\/p>\n

Mitchell Miller shared two snaps of a little boy standing on his United Polaris seat on a transatlantic flight to Paris on his Threads account.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘An immature father who lets his son scream and shout and stand up in the seat and jump up and down so far for the whole flight,’ Miller wrote.<\/p>\n

‘The kid hasn\u2019t STFU (shut the f**k up) since we took off and daddy couldn\u2019t care less.\u00a04 hours, 52 minutes so far\u20262 more hours of this [expletive]. Can we get children under 12 banned from business class\u2026please??’<\/p>\n

The post sparked a fiery debate over whether kids should be allowed to fly business or first class, where seats cost thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘You should have shamed them more. Bad parents deserve it. This isn\u2019t acceptable. Child is in a public place,’ one comment agreed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Another commenter shared a similar experience when they were on a flight with a child screaming for their mom, standing and jumping on their seat, and running up and down the aisles during a 7.5 hour business class trip.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘The whole cabin was fuming. A baby I get, like annoying but it\u2019s a baby, this was a full child that they actively ignored and didn\u2019t once attempt to calm down or discipline,’ the comment continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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An outraged flyer posted photos of a child standing on the seats while flying United on social media, sparking a fierce debate over whether children should be allowed in business class\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The post prompted debate online, with some arguing that kids shouldn’t even be allowed in business class\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Mitchell <\/p>\n

Mitchell Miller (pictured) shared his experience and the two photos on his Threads account\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, others disagreed and stated that most children can behave on a flight. ‘Kids belong in business class just like everyone else,’ one argued.<\/p>\n

‘If you want a kid free flight fly private. My toddler loves business class and is always the best behaved person on the flight.’<\/p>\n

‘Dude fly private. My kids love business class and they are well behaved, soon as they start watching TV shows and playing games you won’t hear a word from them,’ another agreed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Mitchell shared that he was flying Polaris, which is United’s elevated business class option.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Polaris seats can be adjusted to turn them into a flat bed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The ability to sleep comfortably on a flight commands a steep price premium, with the thought of an unruly child in the cabin likely to offend many other business class passengers.<\/p>\n

Daily Mail reached out to United for comment on the backlash.\u00a0Children are allowed on United Airlines.<\/a> Kids under the age of two can sit on a parent’s lap, or parents can bring an approved car seat aboard.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The topic of allowing kids on planes has long divided travelers<\/a>, with some claiming they disturb the flight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One viral Reddit post passionately declared, ‘babies shouldn\u2019t be allowed on planes except in very particular instances.’<\/p>\n

The Redditor argued that it’s acceptable for family emergencies or moving, but said it was ‘selfish’ for parents to bring their kids on flights for vacations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The social media user shared that the nightmarish experience happened on United Airlines Polaris, which features luxury business class seating options (file photo)\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Babies are screaming on planes because they\u2019re in pain. their ears are not developed enough to deal with pressure changes. How would you like to be crammed in a flying tube for hours in pain and not understanding what\u2019s happening?’ they argued.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘I agree with this it\u2019s literally awful for everyone involved,’ one comment agreed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, some disagreed, arguing, ‘I don\u2019t agree with there being any actual regulations because there is no evidence of long term effects.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘A lot of flying babies are visiting family that can\u2019t come to them. I don\u2019t think parents are selfish usually\u2026 just impatient to share those experiences with their kids.’<\/p>\n

‘I travel quite a bit and it’s mostly rude and inconsiderate adults that are the problem, not babies,’ another wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Some suggested a child-free flight option as a compromise for those who don’t want children on their flights.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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‘Not saying I agree, but I think a much easier compromise would be to have designated child-friendly flights,’ one comment said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Japan Airlines previously\u00a0announced a new feature<\/a>\u00a0that shows customers where babies are seated<\/a> when booking their flight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A baby icon pops up above a seat when a family books it, so other travelers can opt to sit away from the child.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Corendon, a Norwegian Airline, also took initiative<\/a> to accommodate passengers worried about sharing a flight with a child by launching an ‘Only Adult’ area in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A United Airlines passenger was left infuriated over what he claimed was the bad behavior of a young…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[64,63,99,100,44,2591,2579],"class_list":{"0":"post-4595","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-dailymail","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-paris","14":"tag-reddit"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}