rosesplus

I'm looking to add a lap child to an international W class ticket that has cleared with a GPU. A supervisor on the rate desk at UA is quoting $1600 for the lap child based on 10% of a C ticket plus taxes. Does anybody know if the correct fare should be 10% of a W class ticket or should it be 10% of a C class and if so where I can find it in the UA verbage online?

WineCountryUA

It is 10% of the cabin you are booked into at time of getting the lap child ticket. Upgraders should get the lap child ticket before upgrading -- appears UA doesn't go back and reprice the lap child ticket.

presario1626

Not true, i was always charged 10% of C fare when my daughter was on my lap. One time the upgrade was cleared at booking, but the ticket won't print boarding pass, had to check in at the counter where the agent spent over 30 min figured out the cause was I didn't pay the extra, had to pay at the spot before getting the boarding pass.

Nimitz

I don't think this is a simple question but someone here should know.

If I book 2 First class tickets in 2017 from YBG-SGN I am seeing some at 80K per person each way. For a lap child they will charge me 10% of an adult ticket. I priced out the tickets. The round trip the price is the same around $19500 so $1950 for the lap child.

If I buy a coach ticket for the lap child it would cost me about $1100.

So can I use points for 2 award tickets then buy the coach ticket for the lap child and just not use the coach seat?

IAD1k

you are right, you can do that, but i would ticket the award ticket in the infant's name (next to you or your spouse) and purchase the Y ticket for one of the adults. that way it counts toward your qualification (unless the infant is going for status too!). also no one will question the infant ticketed in a cabin with an adult. i did this before, just make sure the 2 seats you end up selecting in F have an additional oxygen mask for the infant.

Nimitz

How do I make sure that the seats have an additional mask, are they certain seats on the plane or must i make a request.

thanks

IAD1k

you'll have to call and ask (and do it independently of your reservation). i believe all long-haul aircraft with F and C have extra masks (IIRC the issue is with one-class RJs), but i am in no ways an expert on this, so call. you may also want to check if one of the seat sites (seat guru, seat expert, etc.) has that info. safe travels!

yuel

what if i found a business award flight that did not include the infant 10% pricing, so 190k miles and $280 for taxes, will i have issues when i go to check in? the itin has 3 travelers, 2 adults and 1 infant in arms, i am about to purchase this, but will wait for any ideas first.

Kacee

They will make you pay for the lap-child. No exceptions.

Really recommend you not leave this for the airport. Read this thread for horror stories: Lapchild Fee Not Charged.

blizz123

Hello,

I'm trying to book Asiana First class one way from JFK to Seoul using UA miles for myself and an infant (less than 2 yrs). UA wants to charge me 120k miles + $600 for the infant (I assume it's 10% of the fare for infant like their policy is).

I know that Asiana airlines, if you book with their own points, they only charge 10% miles of the adult award ticket. In this scenario I would assume it's around 10k miles for the infant.

So my question is, how do I go about to adding the infant without paying the $600 United wants to charge me? Should I just book for myself on UA miles, then try to add infant by calling Asiana? Have anyone ever done this before? What type of miles would they try to charge me, Asiana or United miles? Would this even work, considering the ticket is booked by UA and not Asiana?

Basically I want to add infant using miles rather than paying $600. I only have UA points and can get some Asiana miles by transferring from SPG, but the bulk of the miles I have are UA.

Thank you so much for your help!

thatguyoverthere

If you're taking a car seat check the angle of the seats in F, on UA metal the seats in F (not biz) are at such an angle where car seats can't be used... might be a moot point.

emcampbe

good luck with that.

If you are booking through UA, there isn't a way around this - different airlines have different policies on this - UA doesn't allow a percentage of miles to be used for infant tickets, as far as I know. OZ can't issue the ticket for the child, the ticket, if booked through UA is going to be on 016 stock and any changes prior to the day of travel need to be done with UA. In short, if you book through UA (or in Thai case, MileagePlus), UA policy is the one that is used, and that's cash.

mduell

Get some Asiana miles and book everything with them.

sinoflyer

There is no way around the full mileage award or 10% F fare for the infant ticket on UA. Otherwise, consider the options in economy.

sbm12

I don't think you'll be successful in this endeavor. UA doesn't offer the option to pay for an infant-in-arms with points.
OP is booking infant-in-arms, not a separate seat. The car seat isn't an issue.