Parent Giving upgrade to a minor?
Aug 26, 2018, 5:12 pm
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Parent Giving upgrade to a minor?
Not sure what the rules are on this but I just saw a FA come on board with last min upgrades before departure. Went back to coach and came back up with a child. 10-12ish? Who then took the open first class seat. I’m assuming the upgrade was going to the parents and they gave it to their son? I didn’t see the UM wristband.....I could have sworn there were rules about sitting in separate cabins from your kids?
Aug 26, 2018, 5:31 pm
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Or a parent/guardian was already in first class
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en.../children.html
https://www.delta.com/content/www/en.../children.html
Aug 26, 2018, 5:32 pm
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Pure speculation, but possibly one parent was already in first, and the child was with the second parent in economy. Second parent gets upgrade, but can't leave child alone in economy so sends child up to first to join the other parent.
Aug 26, 2018, 5:35 pm
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ahh. Scenario I didn’t think of. Tho the child isn’t sitting next to the parent who might be in first.
Aug 26, 2018, 5:52 pm
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Not sure why OP believes that this was an upgrade. Most likely explanation is that the kid was on a paid F ticket just like the parent and something went wrong. When a seat became available, it was the kid's.
On the other hand, if the child was 14 or under and not a UM, DL faced either offloading the child, downgrading the parent or upgrading the kid.
One of those things for which there are any number of perfectly good reasons. If OP needed to know, should have asked the parent or a FA.
On the other hand, if the child was 14 or under and not a UM, DL faced either offloading the child, downgrading the parent or upgrading the kid.
One of those things for which there are any number of perfectly good reasons. If OP needed to know, should have asked the parent or a FA.
Aug 26, 2018, 5:55 pm
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Not sure why OP believes that this was an upgrade. Most likely explanation is that the kid was on a paid F ticket just like the parent and something went wrong. When a seat became available, it was the kid's.
On the other hand, if the child was 14 or under and not a UM, DL faced either offloading the child, downgrading the parent or upgrading the kid.
One of those things for which there are any number of perfectly good reasons. If OP needed to know, should have asked the parent or a FA.
On the other hand, if the child was 14 or under and not a UM, DL faced either offloading the child, downgrading the parent or upgrading the kid.
One of those things for which there are any number of perfectly good reasons. If OP needed to know, should have asked the parent or a FA.
Aug 26, 2018, 5:59 pm
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There is a rule which basically says that a parent or other responsible adult must sit in the same cabin with kids under 15 or pay the UM fee, but IME it's very inconsistently enforced.
Aug 26, 2018, 6:04 pm
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Aug 26, 2018, 6:14 pm
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Aug 26, 2018, 7:32 pm
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Aug 26, 2018, 8:48 pm
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I did this once in the 1990s when my daughter was in high school and traveling with my wife and me; we had one upgrade out of the three tickets, and we let my daughter sit in F.
She was an FO when she was in college, and used to get upgraded quite a bit BWI-CVG. Those were the days.
She was an FO when she was in college, and used to get upgraded quite a bit BWI-CVG. Those were the days.
