Originally Posted by QBK (Post 31935250)

Just to provide some perspective for you, I have flown about 60K miles with a child (mine) under 2. And I don't really understand. I think you are saying that you are surprised that either (1) you can fly with a lap child without a ticket, or (2) you can take your own child across state lines (on an airplane) without paperwork. As you've observed, both are possible. When I first took my baby on a flight, I researched these things a bit on the internet. So I wasn't surprised by them.

It's okay that you're surprised. Flyertalk is a good place to learn. But heckling other posters for not understanding why you're surprised is not very nice.

Also, in another post, you wrote "[it] doesn't matter if it's domestic." Actually, this matters a lot. International flights with lap infants almost always require (1) a ticket, and (2) paperwork, e.g. a passport for the infant.

Originally Posted by yuel (Post 31935295)

Either way it requires a child’s name on the a ticket or it’s own ticket for intl, I just thought your child needs to be put on an adults ticket to fly

Originally Posted by kennycrudup (Post 31935102)

(Way OT, but having seen this mspieleing twice now I can't help but chuckle at the imagery :))