Flying with twins using Krisflyer miles

My last holiday is almost 1.5 years ago! Before having the twins, I will travel every 3 to 4 months. Relaxing, and not working. Having the twins is really a major project which I have seriously work my butt off 24/7! 😓

Hence when the twins are 7 months old (back in 2016), we decided to go for a vacation this year. We thought they will be 14 months old, so should be quite ok to take plane. BUT when the time comes nearer (we will be flying tomorrow actually!), we start panicking especially my husband is not really good with the twins. And I definitely cannot look after both during the flight. So let's just pray! 🙏

We will be going to Hakone (3 days) and Tokyo (4 days) and the flight is fully redeem using Krisflyer! Yeah! Free flights for us, and 10% of the full fare for each of the twins. In total we paid SGD314 for the whole family. For those we is unfamiliar with claiming Krisflyer, below is how we go about it.

First we got The American Express® Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Ascend Credit Card but there is an annual fee SGD337.05 which is absolutely not waive-able. You do get several freebies like bonus Krisflyer miles, Complimentary night with Millennium Hotels and Resorts, Complimentary Lounge Access, etc. Japan trip needs 40K miles for a return Economy flight.

Second, after we got enough Krisflyer miles, we log on and redeem the flight. However you cannot redeem infant (less than 2 years old) air tickets. We claimed two adults flight as per normal and called the hotline to add in 2 more infant air tickets. However I have difficulty communicating with the customer service regarding the seats. So I asked him to seemly add in the infant air tickets and I will manage it using the website.

Third, all is good and I quickly log in to secure 2 bassinet seats! Well, at least to Tokyo I manage to secure them. But for the return trip, sadly there is none. I have also place post weaning meals for my twins, and hopefully I will get post weaning meals instead of infant baby jars.

Lastly, we wait for our vacation which will be tomorrow! Read alot of reviews that Singapore Airline is excellent with babies, even crying ones. Hopefully I will experience an enjoyable flight with them! *cross fingers*

#travellingwithtwins

14 months have passed and my twin babies 👦👧 is now 14 months old! Cry yet happy at the same time. And at last I have the time to start blogging.

Friends who have just given birth recently or currently pregnant always ask me which items I bought is the most useful and which is not. Generally they still playing with their toys when I bought it several months back. They don't really get bored of playing their toys for 14 months since they don't have alot of toy. About less than a box for them. They get some new toys now and then (especially during Christmas & their birthdays), but I keep their toys to a box.

But for the expensive "entertainment", if you do not want to buy a few to trial & error. Below is my suggestion. 👩

Most useful :- Fisher-Price Rainforest Jumperoo

I bought it when my twins was almost 5 months old. At first I'm quite skeptical about it, afterall my twins rejected the worst buy (as below). It cost more than SGD200 in Singapore, and even you buy 2nd hand, it will cost you SGD50 to SGD100, depending on the condition. I got mine directly from Amazon which cost me USD68.88 (not the lowest price sold in Amazon though) with free international shipping.

My baby girl doesn't really enjoy it. She can sit in it for 15 mins, trying to grab the hanging toys while the music plays. She likes the spinning lizard that makes rattling sounds the most. As for my baby boy, he absolutely loves it. He can spends 30 mins jumping and playing with it. Even his sis is in the jumperoo, he can play it outside. Of course this will piss off his sis as she prefers to play it alone.

Miraculously, they enjoy it until they almost a year old. As now they can almost walk, they prefer exploring rather than confine in an area. My mum finds the jumperoo useful, hence shrink-wrap it for my younger sis future baby (She is not pregnant yet).

Less useful :-  Tiny Love 3 in 1 Rocker Napper

I got it as a gift when my twins are 3 months old. They are still adapting to the outside world and sadly "inside world (my womb) is a much cozier place. So they cried and fuss quite frequently. My sis in law used a rocker for her daughter when she was a baby (now she is 7 years old) and found that it is pretty useful. NOT FOR MY BABIES! 

They cried once I put them in! On good days, they will play with the dangling toy while listening to the music for 5 mins or so. Then they start to fuss. So need not to mention about the bad days. When they able to crawl, they still don't enjoy the rocker because they keep crawling out! Perhaps there are some babies who is calm enough to lie on the rocker and slowly drift to sleep, but that is not my baby.

My mum (who loves to clear my stuffs) saw the rocker is collecting dust at different place at my house, shrink-wrap it and put it in my store room. Several weeks later it is donated to my aunt's friend and hopefully the rocker serve her well.