The article offers air traveling tips for parents with toddlers. Experts recommend buying your toddler a ticket and putting her in a car seat. Many airlines--like United, American, and Southwest--offer discounts for travelers under 2 years old. You know what will work...
If you have a fancy stroller I wouldn’t bring it on the plane.Airlines break strollers (it happened to us a few times before we got a travel stroller)and unfortunately many airlines (eg. Southwest) have a small print saying they’re not responsible for the damage. Imagine getting your b...
Southwest Airlines has announcedit will stop flying out of four airports, including Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The company said it will stop flying to IAH on August 4, 2024, as part of a plan to deal with weak financial results and delays in getting new planes from Boein...
Airlines generally consider children between the ages of 5 and 14 who travel without a parent or guardian to be “unaccompanied minors.” For kids between 15 and 17, unaccompanied minor service is typically optional. Many airlines will not allow children 7 and under to make connections at all,...
"By this time, the pilot is done with the checks, so they are happy to talk with kids. Just ask a flight attendant and he or she will almost always take you and your kids up," Bunn says. Tip 5: Know when it's an indicator of a bigger problem Bunn stresses that if an infant ...
"By this time, the pilot is done with the checks, so they are happy to talk with kids. Just ask a flight attendant and he or she will almost always take you and your kids up," Bunn says. Tip 5: Know when it's an indicator of a bigger problem Bunn stresses that if an infant ...
Free Early Boarding for Kids If you’re traveling with children under six years old, don’t worry about not finding seats together. After Southwest boards Group A, which includes A-list elite passengers and passengers who paid for EarlyBird check-in, families traveling with small children get ...
“Many of your fellow passengers may be parents even if they don’t have their kids with them — we’ve all been there.” Keep yourself calm and relaxed, too “Try to pretend it’s just you and your baby on the plane. I’m sorry, but I can’t be worried about how upset Larry ...
Service agent representative Joyce Brown called the children’s parents and explained the situation. Then, she took the two kids to a nearby hotel, arranged for adjoining rooms, got them dinner and spent the night with them. “The kids thought it was a great adventure,” Brown reports, “an...
Traveling with kids: Having to take care of a young one in your presence, who may not be sleepy when you want to sleep (and need to sleep), or who might be desperate to sleep and cranky for not being able to do so just as you are boarding the plane, or having to exit it, is...