To think Kirsty Allsopp is taking advantage?

Has KA got a plummy voice? I just thought that she speaks clearly, it doesn't sound plummy to me.
And I like her interaction with Phil too merlotgran

Never having flown business class, what advantages does it bring?
With some airlines you get a bed.

I only travel standard on my commute because the train doesnt have 1st class.
That must make it difficult if you want to get on with work on the train.

I often find myself comparing KA with Sarah Beeny who had to work a lot harder for her TV success.

I know which one I think is the more maternal.

I think it's really odd that a busy lady like her isn't glad of a bit of time with her children, but that's just my feeling, no-one has to agree with me.
I do MaizieD

My daughter flew unaccompanied before she was 5 and loved it. They made a huge fuss of her and watched her as well as any nursery teacher would have done.
I'm amazed at that!

They have tightened up the rules now anyway, and unaccompanied children are not allowed to travel by many airlines.
When is a child accompanied? Is it when a parent is sitting in very close proximity or just on the same plane?

Since her children may well be flying off on a gap year in 2 or 3 years time it seems a sensible preparation to sit a few rows apart.
gap years are usually after school and before university, ie at 17 or 18, not at 12 and 14.

Bon voyage MB

The first time I flew, when I was about 19, a young girl of about 10 sat next to me. Her parents sat a couple of rows in front of us. The girl very quietly and quite discreetly vomited the whole way. It was a short flight but the parents probably knew and were happy for someone else to sit next to her!

Exactly trisher . I actually rather thought that I’d made that clear in the OP as in ‘who’s doing the child care?’

OldMeg ah bless, never mind .

Why on earth should two pre-teen boys assuming they are well- behaved take up any more attention than any other passenger?
And I would probably prefer a teenager /preteen to a massively overweight adult spilling over into my “space”.

Do you also castigate parents who travel with crying babies, stroppy toddlers or 5/6 year olds who kick the seat in front?

TG I will be on Eurostar on Friday, not flying and risking the wrath and disapproval I am seeing here !

The airline staff of course- you know those people who serve meals, answer buzzers and look after people on planes. Oh and the people who have to sit next to her kids, because she is too mean to pay for them to be with her in business class and too stuck up to travel in the cheap seats with them.

And finally , before the sun sets on the thread ? , just who is Kirstie Allsop meant to be “taking advantage” of?

Yes Grannyben this thread has run its course. Wonder why it was even started.

If you can’t stand the heat......*maryeliza*. ....you’re happy to dish out criticism of others, but oh deary me, you don’t like it when it’s aimed at yiu.

Yes gillybib we know you love your gossip.

I expect it will because I think the envy argument has been a tiny bit discredited and shown up for the nasty rubbish it is.

Please could this thread come to an end ?

No envy, I actually like my kids and have always enjoyed spending time with them. 10 and 12 is a great time to play games with them-cards, chess etc.

Very drole MB - I’m sorry you can’t understand the point I’m making - and I doubt repeating it will help but just once more <sighs> it’s utterly pathetic to say that anyone criticises KA because of envy/ sour grapes/ jealousy. It’s perfectly possible ( which some of you seem unable to grasp) that some of us criticise her because we think she’s wrong - geddit? No, thought not.

Or maybe you would just like everybody to agree with you MaryEliza ? ?

They have to fly as unaccompanied minors though surely?

Which means they are supervised.

I don’t think KA is a national treasure or royalty I just think kids of 10and 12 are old enough to travel by themselves. My kids got on planes, trains and busses by themselves from the age of 10.

No I just want stupid posts about envy/ jealousy/sour grapes to be called out for the utter juvenile rubbish.

A is rich,
A does a certain action
B criticises A for doing that action
C, D,E, F, G etc ad nauseum say B is only criticising A because B is jealous.

Oh very grown up and so erudite

What do you want, a fight! pistols at dawn?

lemon you’re not getting away with that - you and others played the envy/ jealousy/sour grapes card not the different opinions card and now I’ve called you out on this,

But everyone is NOT entitled to think that criticism of KA is based on envy and not be called out for it. Is a bloody pathetic way to conduct an argument - criticism = envy. FFS - KA would be much blunter than that btw