A MUM has revealed the amazing item which lets her kids sleep on long-haul flights – and it's been called a "godsend".
Misty Kingma was travelling on a 15-hour Delta flight from LA to Australia with her two kids.
She revealed in a TikTok video how she managed to get her son Lennox to sleep a whopping 7.5 hours during the long flight.
In the video, she said: "Testing an inflatable kids be on our 15-hour flight to Australia.
She wrote in the caption: Highly recommend! Comes with a hand pump to inflate on the plane. Worth the investment!"
Misty also said it was a great cozy play area when he was awake too.
The video has been watched nearly 13milllion times, with other parents agreeing with it.
One person said: "Wow! That’s a game-changer! I’d have killed for this when mine were babies."
Someone else said: "Our 18 month old just had a severe meltdown on 95 per cent of our 4 hr flight. I wish I would have known about this sooner!"
Lots said they "wished there was one for adults".
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One former flight attendant gave her own advice, saying: "Try to put it on a window seat. I can see crews not being totally okay with it in the middle seat."
However, parents should check their airline allows them first, as Misty said while about "50 airlines" allow them, many others do not.
British Airways, United and Qantas are some of the airlines which do not.
However, the website reveals which airlines do accept them, and which are currently in the process.
EasyJet, Jet2 and Norwegian all accept them, according to their FAQs.
For parents who do want to risk it, the Flyaway bed is advised for kids between two and seven, and costs $159.
'GAME-CHANGER'
Amazon currently have cheaper alternatives available, such as a £12.99 inflatable foot rest pillow, or a £22 blow up cushion featuring fun child prints and patterns.
Another option is a Plane Pal – an inflatable pillow that fills the gap between seats and it will neatly fold away when you've finished using it.
One flight attendant said she saw a mum bring "three dog beds" for her kids to use as pillows.
Another device that lets you turn your economy seats into a bed has rave reviews from parents.
Families can pay to upgrade their seats on Air New Zealand to turn them into a three-seat bed called the Skycouch.
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