Originally Posted by
dcpatti
I can't speak to the fare for the lap child but I do know that several airlines do not allow OLCI for lap-children as they need to check the child's birth certificate to confirm they are of the proper age to BE a lap-child. Since this is a FAA regulation and not a US regulation, I'd expect they don't want you showing up at the gate with a home-printed boarding pass and a 3-year-old who has no seat.
That really doesn't make sense. I am not asking to check my lap child in via OLCI. I just want to check in the rest of the party and do upgrades, bags, etc. Obviously they shouldn't give me a BP for lap child until that is verified. But they wouldn't need to if they allowed OLCI for the rest of the party.