Kids Fly Free?
Jan 24, 2019, 10:49 am
#2
Join Date: Jun 2016
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Jan 24, 2019, 5:19 pm
#4
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Denver, Colorado
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Jan 29, 2019, 1:07 am
#5
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: AS MVP 100K, F9 dirt Hilton damond, Choice Gold, Former DL Plat, UA 1K
Posts: 366
It is discrimination. Just because you "have" a kid, you get a free companion. Frontier already lets children who have not paid for carry on bags get a free diaper bag and a free stroller.
I am sick of it. Parents should pay.
Any Discount Den member, then, should be able to bring a free companion.
I am sick of it. Parents should pay.
Any Discount Den member, then, should be able to bring a free companion.
Last edited by ftv; Jan 29, 2019 at 1:08 am Reason: typo and edition
Jan 31, 2019, 12:00 pm
#6
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: DAY
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It is discrimination. Just because you "have" a kid, you get a free companion. Frontier already lets children who have not paid for carry on bags get a free diaper bag and a free stroller.
I am sick of it. Parents should pay.
Any Discount Den member, then, should be able to bring a free companion.
I am sick of it. Parents should pay.
Any Discount Den member, then, should be able to bring a free companion.
Jan 31, 2019, 12:04 pm
#7
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Ages ago TWA had a kids fly free promo every February and March. IIRC if was offered for all domestic flights, one kid per paying adult. I don't remember whether is was coach only but back then FC fares were extremely high and almost no one bought them.
Jan 31, 2019, 2:20 pm
#8
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Manhattan Beach, California
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I have a trip from SEA to DEN and looked at this promo, it’s $39 per ticket and as a family with 2 adults and 3 children we would essesntially get 2 free. After joining the Den, paying for copious amounts of ski bags and payment for a seat, it would be $350-400 for all 5 of us. Would be $450 or so with DL or AS, but we get free bags/seat assignments with them and they have more flights w better timing. Not sure saving at most $100 over 5 pax makes it a good deal.
Jan 31, 2019, 5:35 pm
#9
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Australia
Posts: 6,338
I doubt if its actually classed as "discrimination"...I wasn't aware being childless made you a "protected class"... I don't have kids either...but these offers take nothing AWAY from me..... so I don't care.
Getting bent out of shape because some little extras are offered to others but NOT to you sounds like a recipe for unhappiness. Do you get annoyed when veterans are offered early boarding? Do you get annoyed when standing on a full train and the woman next to you gets offered a seat, and you do not?
Getting bent out of shape because some little extras are offered to others but NOT to you sounds like a recipe for unhappiness. Do you get annoyed when veterans are offered early boarding? Do you get annoyed when standing on a full train and the woman next to you gets offered a seat, and you do not?
Feb 1, 2019, 8:58 am
#10
Join Date: Jun 2016
Posts: 127
I have a trip from SEA to DEN and looked at this promo, it’s $39 per ticket and as a family with 2 adults and 3 children we would essesntially get 2 free. After joining the Den, paying for copious amounts of ski bags and payment for a seat, it would be $350-400 for all 5 of us. Would be $450 or so with DL or AS, but we get free bags/seat assignments with them and they have more flights w better timing. Not sure saving at most $100 over 5 pax makes it a good deal.
Feb 2, 2019, 7:45 am
#11
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Los Angeles
Programs: AS MVP 100K, F9 dirt Hilton damond, Choice Gold, Former DL Plat, UA 1K
Posts: 366
Actually, "familial status" IS a protected class. Similar to denying a hotel room (or airline seating) because someone "has" a child (and there is talk of about not permitting children in F class)
It has nothing to do with others getting certain seating courtesies....this is about me subsidizing someone else's child (their choice) when I have paid into the Club the same as them and do not receive the same benefit. I have been F9 Elite for two years and D Den for three, and yes, as a paid member, I should be able to take a free companion if another person can, and not simply base the benefit on familial status
It has nothing to do with others getting certain seating courtesies....this is about me subsidizing someone else's child (their choice) when I have paid into the Club the same as them and do not receive the same benefit. I have been F9 Elite for two years and D Den for three, and yes, as a paid member, I should be able to take a free companion if another person can, and not simply base the benefit on familial status
Feb 11, 2019, 10:59 am
#13
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Alameda, CA, USA
Posts: 4,906
My wife and three kids (6, 8, and 12) are taking a trip this summer. If we buy an adult ticket for my wife and an adult ticket for one of the kids, the other two should be free, right? In other words, the two paid tickets just have to be adult fares, not actual adults?
Feb 26, 2019, 10:25 pm
#14
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Manhattan Beach, California
Programs: BMI Diamond Club Gold forever
Posts: 6,367
Took advantage of this to get from Bozeman to Denver. In the end the savings for the kids was a tiny amount because the taxes and fees werent free for the kids and we effectively spent $20 per kid on the membership and then we had to buy the bags/seats package for all 5. But hey, $350 for 5 pax with 5 carry ons, 5 bags and seats was as good as it gets. UA wanted $250 per passenger.