Minggu, 29 November 2015

How A National Airport Concierge Service Helps Unaccompanied Minors

By Lilia Slaybaugh


While children have traveled alone on planes for many years, there are rules that help keep them safe. Every airline has their regulations that pertain to unaccompanied child travelers. These rules and regulations for unaccompanied minors are dictated by the United States Airport Concierge Services.

Additionally, there are specific rules that vary by each airline regarding when children can travel alone. As an example, in the US children cannot fly unaccompanied if the are under age five. Children who are between 5 and 7 years of age can travel unaccompanied but only on nonstop flights. However, the child must be escorted by an employee of the airline.

Kids who are age 8 to 11 years old are able to travel on flights with connections but must be escorted by the airline. However, children in this age group are not allowed to take the final connection for the day unless there is not another option. Some are surprised to learn that when children turn 12, they can fly unsupervised.

Some airlines offer escort services to kids twelve to seventeen if parents request it. Other airlines will not allow children to travel unaccompanied until they are age fifteen. Services are provided to those who want them for about one hundred dollars one way.

Parents get a pass that allows them to take their child through security and to their gate. At the gate the child is turned over to an attendant who will get them on the plane. The parents are permitted to stay at the gate until the plane takes flight.

When there is a connecting flight, the attendant will keep the child seated until an escort arrives. Escorts take children to their connecting flights and turn them over to another attendant. Once children reach their final destination they are turned over to the adult who is to claim them after showing ID.




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