06-14-2023
10:28 PM
06-14-2023
10:28 PM
Just last week had a flight out of MCO where the GA announced "Children 6 and under with 2 adults and any other family members 17 and under."
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I fly with my kids all the time. Southwest is consistently the best airline, in my experience, for flying with kids if you don't want to be nickeled and dimed. The OP was a little confusing (he stated that he was ticketed at the airport which suggests a ticket purchased under 24 hours before the flight, but he might have meant check in), but most airlines don't guarantee travel companions seated together without additional buy-ups (and for these purposes, a 12 year old is considered an adult as they can travel unaccompanied). Right or wrong, it is the fact of travelling today.
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05-17-2023
01:13 PM
05-17-2023
01:13 PM
Question (and I ask this as someone with zero skin in the game and zero expertise): Southwest's official policy is that preboarding is for people who need assistance while boarding or people who need a specific seat, and that people who need extra time board between A&B. According to the OP's description, their condition requires extra time in boarding but not the two requirements of preboarding (to the best of my reading of their post). Under federal law, can WN ask the OP "does your medical condition require assistance? does it require a specific seat?" and if they answer no, refuse preboarding?
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