Originally Posted by
GUWonder
Then it will be the passport and earlier (in-person) check-in route for the toddler until something starts to process differently.
I've had so many infants and toddlers in my extended family hit with haraSSSSment boarding passes when flying on US airlines out of Canada that it just became more of a given that travel with infants and toddlers -- whether or not ticketed with their own seat, whether or not free or not -- required showing up earlier than usual to check in. Made up middle names hyphenated to connect with the registered first name, for example, has some history of working.
For domestic flights without an ID requirement for infants/toddlers/pre-middle school children, name games have been known to help for toddlers/infants.
Thanks again. Interesting to hear that you've heard of many other incidents. Almost everyone I've talked to is shocked by this. Perhaps name games are an option for us, since my wife did not take my last name (but my son did).
I got in touch with a journalist from one of the major national publications who specializes in national security and civil liberties issues. In his opinion this case is quite unique and noteworthy. However perhaps there are other cases, but the families are afraid of coming forward. I don't know if we will go public, perhaps if we exhaust our options, but this is not right. These policies and processes need to change. Currently it is too secretive and obfuscated and seemingly set up to intentionally be nearly impossible to resolve.