Originally Posted by
bhomburg
the UM service and the associated fees remains mandatory for children under 12, but is optional for children age 12-14. AA does not make you book the UM service and charge the fees for 12-to 15 year olds, like some posts here suggested.
That is not the way I read it. It appears to me that 12 - 14 years old are required to us the UM service. I hope you are right that it is still optional.
The USairway's site reads a little differently, and I think is more understandable. I can't imagine US and AA would be implementing different policies going forward.
http://www.usairways.com/en-US/trave...iedminors.html
"Changes beginning September 3, 2014
We’ll require children ages 5 – 14, who travel alone, to use our unaccompanied minor service on flights departing on/after September 3, 2014. The unaccompanied minor service fee is $150 (plus tax) each way. Children ages 11 – 14 will no longer be able to travel alone without using our service."