Originally Posted by sbagdon

Concerns: if the 13yo was not a UM, the check-in agent could have refused an NPE to the adult, and the adult could only have gone as far as the TDC. Then the 13yo would have been on her own, at the potential pat-downs at the CP, or the gate. Also, if there was a connection, even if travellng as a UM, there could have been a gate pat-down, which no adult would have had an option to walk the 13yo away from.