When I was 12 back in the late 1960's I used to fly alone, by myself,
may parents did not know I was flying. They used have special fares, youth
standby if you were between 12 and 21. I flew to DTW and PIT, and CMH for
6 bucks each way. No ID was even required. I just walked up to the ticket counter and bought a ticket. I spent the day at the airports and flew back
latter in the day. When I was a few years older I starter flying to other places like ORD,YYZ, and LGA. At about age 16,I told my parents what I was doing and they were not mad at me at all. I had a paper route and this is where the money came from.