Does GA verify age of child for Family Boarding?
Sep 4, 2018, 1:41 am
#17
Join Date: May 2005
Location: PHX
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I know you don't like it and I respect your opinion on it. As I've said before, raising the price of EBCI just means there will be more seat saving anyway.
Sep 4, 2018, 6:41 am
#18
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Nevada Ohio Florida
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I recommend buying the single EBCI, and saving seats for your wife and daughter. Saving seats is not greedy or cheap or selfish. Southwest allows this approach - why would you (or anyone, for that matter) ever pay more than you need to? It baffles me that so many advocate paying more than necessary. Even if you're loaded and don't need to save money, it's not smart to overpay.
Sep 4, 2018, 6:58 am
#19
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Long Island
Programs: Southwest Airlines, Marriot
Posts: 235
Unless you board in the "C" group that will never happen. Buy the EB if you are worried instead of lying and cheating.
Sep 4, 2018, 9:01 am
#21
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Blue Ridge, GA
Posts: 5,509
No divas, no drama. Best move in the long-run.
"I learned a long time ago that there's no sense gettin 'all riled up every time a bunch of idiots give you a hard time. In the end, the universe tends to unfold as it should." - Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
Sep 4, 2018, 9:38 am
#22
Join Date: Jul 2009
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Posts: 1,668
If you check in anytime close to 24 hours prior, you will have an excellent chance of finding seats together, but they may be toward the back. If you are not willing to sit in the rear, then by all means buy the early bird.
Sep 10, 2018, 2:41 am
#23
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Phoenix, AZ
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Beats me why people get sooo riled up about boarding position. Do you face death because you have to sit two rows further back than you wanted? OK, maybe really tall guys really need aisles, and really fat people can't handle middle seats. Aside from that, get a life. So you'll get to wait for your luggage 30 seconds less than if you got a more forward seat. Not a great tragedy like dying young.
In my opinion the OP should check in at T-24, and if he gets a B50+, do family boarding. I don't see the gate agent checking everybody's birth date. And then making a fuss over a year and a few boarding positions. Live and let live.
Calling this lying, cheating and a BAD example is way, way overblown. Teach the kid that sometimes rules need to be bent a little. That's a really important lesson, which I bet every commentator here has done oddles of times. This is a good place to start with reality training. .
In my opinion the OP should check in at T-24, and if he gets a B50+, do family boarding. I don't see the gate agent checking everybody's birth date. And then making a fuss over a year and a few boarding positions. Live and let live.
Calling this lying, cheating and a BAD example is way, way overblown. Teach the kid that sometimes rules need to be bent a little. That's a really important lesson, which I bet every commentator here has done oddles of times. This is a good place to start with reality training. .
Sep 10, 2018, 9:07 am
#24
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Blue Ridge, GA
Posts: 5,509
Boarding position is all that matters in a single-aisle, open-seating config with 175 people potentially ahead of you. To count on them being courteous or fleet-footed is absurd.
Sep 10, 2018, 11:24 pm
#25
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Beats me why people get sooo riled up about boarding position. Do you face death because you have to sit two rows further back than you wanted? OK, maybe really tall guys really need aisles, and really fat people can't handle middle seats. Aside from that, get a life. So you'll get to wait for your luggage 30 seconds less than if you got a more forward seat. Not a great tragedy like dying young.
In my opinion the OP should check in at T-24, and if he gets a B50+, do family boarding. I don't see the gate agent checking everybody's birth date. And then making a fuss over a year and a few boarding positions. Live and let live.
Calling this lying, cheating and a BAD example is way, way overblown. Teach the kid that sometimes rules need to be bent a little. That's a really important lesson, which I bet every commentator here has done oddles of times. This is a good place to start with reality training. .
In my opinion the OP should check in at T-24, and if he gets a B50+, do family boarding. I don't see the gate agent checking everybody's birth date. And then making a fuss over a year and a few boarding positions. Live and let live.
Calling this lying, cheating and a BAD example is way, way overblown. Teach the kid that sometimes rules need to be bent a little. That's a really important lesson, which I bet every commentator here has done oddles of times. This is a good place to start with reality training. .
not saying I'm perfect, but I don't lie on a regular basis like you think everyone does
Sep 10, 2018, 11:43 pm
#26
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 4,374
Lying is bad. However, a 7yo pretending to be a 6yo to get family boarding for the purpose of sitting together would be an exception to the rule.
Kids should be taught that lying is bad. Kids should also be taught when rules can or should be bent.
Kids should be taught that lying is bad. Kids should also be taught when rules can or should be bent.
Sep 11, 2018, 6:25 am
#28
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: LAS
Posts: 1,525
Except when it isn’t? Sorry, disagree on this one, buddy. Kids need to know it isn’t ok to lie. And parents should set an example.
Just check in at T-24 and set that example.