Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
On international, the charge is usually 10% of the fare at the time of ticketing for the cabin of travel plus 100% of taxes/fees. Sometimes the price goes up the longer you wait and it can be difficult to get this done quickly at an airport.
If you can do something else around a speakerphone, why not try to wait on hold for an agent, perhaps in addition to trying the callback number option. Sometimes the phone queues go faster than expected.
Depends on international destination. Canada, and I think Mexico, you need a ticket, but pay only taxes. I'm usually a UA guy, but did this on Delta last year once ex-YYZ as well...~$17.00 for the lap infant. Which is definitely not 100% of taxes/fees - on my tickets to/from YYZ, taxes/fees are normally $70+. Likewise, many taxes/fees internationally either don't apply to lap infants, or are less (sometimes for children as well). Just depends on specific country and specific tax/fee.
Originally Posted by
HornsKeith
Keep in mind Delta has a new policy in the last few months where infants now have their own boarding pass as well. I think it's relatively easy to add for most tickets, but the GA struggled a bit with an award ticket on our last flight with an infant in arms. Took a good 20+ minutes to get it done.
Keith
That's good to hear. On above said trip last year, CATSA at YYZ T3 didn't want to let us through, and kept trying to send me back to DL check in for a boarding pass for lap infant (who's name I think was on one of the adult's). I'm not sure why they didn't know - it's been the same way, and DL has used the same terminal forever. Hopefully they've changed check in policy as well, which I couldn't do online or at a kiosk - I think the combination of international and lap infant. Wouldn't be that bad if check in wasn't set up to be essentially kiosk only. Waited 30+ minutes, and almost missed the bag cutoff despite arriving in plenty of time since I had to wait for full service check in with was using one desk.