Originally Posted by
aaronhurd
Board the plane with your daughter and ask the flight attendant to negotiate the swap if you are upgraded. I doubt that a passenger sitting in a middle seat in coach will say no to a seat in first class.
OP - Do not do this. This situation may well be resolved by DL's automated system earlier in the process and not to OP's liking.
To repeat. The child must either travel as a UM, and pay the UM fee, or in the
same cabin as the responsible adult (OP).
The priority here for DL is on the child's safety and security not the parent's creature comforts (such as domestic F may be). Hopefully, the parent has the child's interests at heart. If this means flying in steerage, so be it.