Does GA verify age of child for Family Boarding?
Sep 3, 2018, 9:23 am
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Does GA verify age of child for Family Boarding?
My daughter turns 7 in October. Looking at taking a trip in January. I know that WN has family boarding after the "A" group for families with children age 6 and under. Does anyone know if the GA looks up the child's DOB in the reservation to verify that the child is in fact 6 or younger?
Sep 3, 2018, 10:52 am
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My daughter turns 7 in October. Looking at taking a trip in January. I know that WN has family boarding after the "A" group for families with children age 6 and under. Does anyone know if the GA looks up the child's DOB in the reservation to verify that the child is in fact 6 or younger?
Sep 3, 2018, 10:54 am
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My daughter turns 7 in October. Looking at taking a trip in January. I know that WN has family boarding after the "A" group for families with children age 6 and under. Does anyone know if the GA looks up the child's DOB in the reservation to verify that the child is in fact 6 or younger?
Sep 3, 2018, 11:02 am
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Is it still lying if no one directly asks for the child's age?
Sep 3, 2018, 11:04 am
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Of course a 7 year old is capable of boarding with everyone else, but I don't think she is capable of sitting in a middle seat between 2 strangers for an entire flight if we can't find seats together.
Sep 3, 2018, 11:24 am
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Originally Posted by Cruss74;30162200q
On our last WN trip, I checked us in at T-24 and got "A" boarding passes, but I hear that this more the exception than the rule.
Is it still lying if no one directly asks for the child's age?
Is it still lying if no one directly asks for the child's age?
Sep 3, 2018, 11:24 am
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Sep 3, 2018, 11:29 am
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You could also pretend to be disabled and sit in a wheelchair. Then you will be among the first 50 to board and will certainly get seats together.
Sep 3, 2018, 12:49 pm
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I guess another option is to just buy EBCI for myself and then save seats for my wife and daughter. I don't feel all that comfortable doing this, but apparently it happens a lot, and WN seems to encourage it.
Sep 3, 2018, 1:01 pm
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Yes. Just purchase one EBCI then save as many seats as you need. I'm sure, since this is allowed by Southwest, all the people posting here who are so upset that you'd try to board with your family at Family Boarding becasue your daughter is one year older than the cutoff completely support this. Right?
Sep 3, 2018, 4:13 pm
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Yeah, that's kind of what I figured. Unfortunately, WN raised the EBCI fee from $15 to $25 pp on the flights that I'm looking at. Although, most other airlines charge $25-30 pp to "upgrade" out of basic economy and be able to select seats, so I guess it's a wash.
I guess another option is to just buy EBCI for myself and then save seats for my wife and daughter. I don't feel all that comfortable doing this, but apparently it happens a lot, and WN seems to encourage it.
I guess another option is to just buy EBCI for myself and then save seats for my wife and daughter. I don't feel all that comfortable doing this, but apparently it happens a lot, and WN seems to encourage it.
Good card anyway.
Plan it so the bonus hits in January and you would also be roughly halfway to an almost 2-year Companion Pass.
Sep 3, 2018, 9:36 pm
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In your situation just make sure to get them checked in at T-24 so they aren’t too far back in B or in C. If you do that I doubt you’ll even have anyone ask to sit in your row with you before they board.