Hate seeing kids on planes? Fly on a Sunday

Sundays and the Fall are the least popular days for kids to take to the skies. (Photo: X)

If you hate flying with bawling, grumpy kids on your flight, flying on a Sunday might be the best for you, specially if you are planning a holiday during Fall. According to Hopper, the online travel booking platform, Sundays and the Fall are the least popular days for kids to take to the skies.

Another good idea is to avoid flying during summer months because summer is a popular time for kids to travel, with June, July and August seeing the highest share of bookings with children for the year, followed by winter holidays and the period around spring break, according to the Hopper report.

If weekend travel isn’t your thing, Thursday or Friday flights are your next best bet.

According to the Hopper research, 4.6% of bookings on Sundays include children, compared to 6.6% on Saturdays. If Sunday is not your favourite fly day, Thursday or Friday flights are your next best bet, with just 4.9% and 5.0% of bookings including children on those days, respectively.

Mid-week travel is the most popular for kids after Saturdays, with 6.1% of bookings including kids on Tuesdays and 6% on Wednesdays.

It may be recalled that several airlines charge for letting families sit together but the Biden Administration has been pushing airlines to let families select seats together on flights for no extra charge. While there’s no law to require carriers to do this, some have voluntarily adopted it as a policy.