This is a little bewildering. CO asserts that infants without their own seats traveling on their parents' laps -- the infelicitously termed "lap children" -- must nevertheless purchase a full fare ticket when traveling internationally. Domestically, they just need to be registered but don't need a ticket. 1K or more just to sit on a lap?! That's driving me away from flying with my young family on CO. The policy is here:

https://www.continental.com/web/en-U...pert#Bassinets

(Note that the FAQ for "Traveling with Infants" is under "Customers with Disabilities")

A few bad CO decisions here. Since when is having an infant a "disability"?! And why the arbitrary decision to compel international lap children to buy a full-fare ticket? Any way around that?

I looked through the forums for info on this, but didn't find it. Would be happy to hear others' thoughts.