Originally Posted by
Bago'peanuts
...I wasn't aware that a young child could have their own reservation -- I had assumed that the "system" would prevent that from being booked without, for example, pay the 'unaccompanied child' fee at the same time. ....
Yes this would initially become an UCM but there is a process if the adult is on another PNR to avoid UCM fees.
Originally Posted by
Lux Flyer
The website won't allow it, phone agents can and put documentation in so it doesn't trigger an unaccompanied minor notification. It will be ineligible for OLCI even with the documentation.
More specifically
Children and adults traveling together on separate reservations
When children and adults are traveling together on separate reservations, the unaccompanied minor policy does not apply. - To ensure that United identifies the child as accompanied, at the time the PNR is booked, the following OSI must be added to the child's PNR: OSI UA TCP WITH ADULT IN PNR (adult's United record locator)
Phone or airport agents can do this