Originally Posted by
Cledaybuck
That's good to know. It makes a ton of common sense, which is why it is surprising that AA does it. I know that is not the case for every airline, as there was a rather long and heated thread in the UA forum about this a couple of months ago. Do you know if this policy is in writing anywhere? I believe G4 has the same policy, and has stated so in interviews, but I can't find it written down anywhere.
Yeah, I saw that heated UA thread (not sure how I wandered over there, but o.m.g.).
As for in writing, what AA has is this:
https://www.aa.com/i18n/travel-info/...g-children.jsp
"If you don't choose seats in Main Cabin or Basic Economy within 48 hours of buying tickets, we will attempt to assign children under 15 with at least one adult they're traveling with."
And, as I've said, in my experience, with BE, all three of us are assigned seating at ticketing together, even months in advance, (though, based on their policy, I think the right expectation to have is that only one adult would get seated with the kid).