Originally Posted by
Analise
This is not a problem; why do you continue to say it is when it is not? This has already been answered. If the middle seat is purchased and someone else wants to take it, the parent contacts the FA and voilą, it's solved.
But FA was never contacted.. and OP never clarified whether the child had a ticket or not.
The age of the child being 2 is required FAA to have a ticket.. How old is this child? Us from Canada, we can't circumvent passport requirements by not having a valid ticket for a child two years or older. The child will have a passport with age.