Hi,

I'm thinking of traveling interstate for a week with DS, on my own.

Normally DH and I would travel on the cheap, flying Jetstar, Rex, Virgin Blue, etc - basically, whatever was the cheapest flight. It's easy not to be fussy when you're child-free and on a budget.

Now that I'll have DS with me, I need to decide how to fly. Is it worth the extra cost to fly QANTAS? They provide food as part of the flight, although that's not a big issue for me. Money is not an issue, my comfort and stress-levels are more important, but I don't want to spend extra money for no reason. Would QANTAS look after us a bit better than the budget airlines?

And would we get access to one of those bassinet things so that DS can sleep in it?

Any experience flying with bubs would be appreciated. The flight would be about 3-4 hours.

Oh, and baby car seats - do Car Rental companies provide them? If we borrowed a car from friends, would it be easy to hire a car seat for the week, and would they come to us and fit the seat?

TIA.