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Old Jan 10, 2020, 7:09 pm
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QBK
 
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Originally Posted by yuel
have your flown with a child under 2? Then you would understand? We have flown over 100k miles with my child, so a lot of experience, but this is a first
Just to provide some perspective for you, I have flown about 60K miles with a child (mine) under 2. And I don't really understand. I think you are saying that you are surprised that either (1) you can fly with a lap child without a ticket, or (2) you can take your own child across state lines (on an airplane) without paperwork. As you've observed, both are possible. When I first took my baby on a flight, I researched these things a bit on the internet. So I wasn't surprised by them.

It's okay that you're surprised. Flyertalk is a good place to learn. But heckling other posters for not understanding why you're surprised is not very nice.

Also, in another post, you wrote "[it] doesn't matter if it's domestic." Actually, this matters a lot. International flights with lap infants almost always require (1) a ticket, and (2) paperwork, e.g. a passport for the infant.
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