Kids Travel question
Jul 27, 2016, 8:00 pm
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I regularly take laps around the plane front to back to front (to upper deck if there is one) when I sit in D1 on long haul flights... Nobody has ever told me to stop yet.
Jul 27, 2016, 8:21 pm
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I have *never* heard this announcement.. I've heard the "please use the lavatories in your cabin", but never the prohibition on moving between cabins.
I regularly take laps around the plane front to back to front (to upper deck if there is one) when I sit in D1 on long haul flights... Nobody has ever told me to stop yet.
I regularly take laps around the plane front to back to front (to upper deck if there is one) when I sit in D1 on long haul flights... Nobody has ever told me to stop yet.
OP, my suggestion would be to go to the airport early and just be honest and ask. If you get a reasonable person who is empowered to make an exception, then you'll get the exception. This way you won't be breaking any rules and you *might* be able to avoid the fee. A really nice agent will see the situation, tag your 12 year old as a UM, and waive the fee knowing that the child is actually not unaccompanied (meaning that if there are any real issues with the child, or if there are IRROPS, the minor will be cared for by legal guardians not the airline).
Jul 27, 2016, 10:14 pm
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But, how is paying a $150 fee going to change this situation - or anything they may do once on board?!? 
I see the $150 fee being mostly for the escorts to take the UM from the ticket counter to the gate and from the plane to baggage, etc. These kids won't need any of that extra assistance that adds to the payroll.
I see the $150 fee being mostly for the escorts to take the UM from the ticket counter to the gate and from the plane to baggage, etc. These kids won't need any of that extra assistance that adds to the payroll.
Jul 27, 2016, 10:18 pm
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Jul 27, 2016, 10:21 pm
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Is this true? (I have no idea). If so, problem solved for the OP...
Jul 27, 2016, 10:32 pm
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Jul 27, 2016, 10:51 pm
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Jul 27, 2016, 10:58 pm
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Also, I added the word "Medallion" to my post above, so it reads:
Complimentary MEDALLION Upgrade to a C+ middle seat . . . .
To show how valuable the Medallion program, truly is!
Sorry to get OT.
Jul 28, 2016, 1:19 am
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I have *never* heard this announcement.. I've heard the "please use the lavatories in your cabin", but never the prohibition on moving between cabins.
I regularly take laps around the plane front to back to front (to upper deck if there is one) when I sit in D1 on long haul flights... Nobody has ever told me to stop yet.
I regularly take laps around the plane front to back to front (to upper deck if there is one) when I sit in D1 on long haul flights... Nobody has ever told me to stop yet.
Similarly LH and SQ among others won't let you look into FC if you have business class tickets, even on the ground.
Jul 28, 2016, 4:55 am
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A number of times I have explained that I chat in an online travel chat forum, and that I'm planning to post a particular story.
Jul 28, 2016, 6:32 am
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I've been stopped from strolling around the plane, often at the point of re-entering BE but not always. I was severely scolded for trying to take a peek into the upper deck when I had a lower deck BE seat.....the FA wouldn't even let me go halfway up the stairs to see the new cabin configuration without coming close to setting foot on that upper deck.
Similarly LH and SQ among others won't let you look into FC if you have business class tickets, even on the ground.
Similarly LH and SQ among others won't let you look into FC if you have business class tickets, even on the ground.
As there was only one passenger in P that flight, I was allowed to poke in and snap a few pics on my way off the plane.
Jul 28, 2016, 7:06 am
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well, if they're like this, does it really matter if they're in the same cabin or not?
Jul 28, 2016, 7:10 am
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