Traveling with young guests can be a challenging job whether in terms of expenses or in comfort. Some airlines provide the best service to make your journey with your kids the comfy one. There are different guidelines and protocols for child and infant passenger ticketing rules which will help you to deal with expenses and kids’ comfort. During a flight, you can also opt for various facilities for your children like special meals during the journeys, Diaper changing table in lavatories and various others.
Tickets of your little one’s are redeemed from the overall adult passage and expenses. This facility is only for the infant who is traveling on the parent’s lap. You can also request a crib or a bassinet from the passenger details section during online booking. It applies to all flight routes. So, it doesn’t matter if you travel domestic or on an international route such as Washington DC to Delhi flights.
Baby passengers who are only seven days old or less can only travel in case of emergency medical reasons or sympathetic ground cases in case of a mother.
Children having the age between 6 months to 36 months
Children below the age of 36 months can travel in the car seats only if you purchase a separate seat. You can use the car seats at any stage of flight like at the time of landing or during take-off. The approval of the infant car seat on board will take place at the time of check-in.
Children having the age between 2 years to 11 years
The total adult expense will take care of the tickets of the children traveling on separate seats. Moreover, If a minor is traveling alone then he/she will not get any discount on their ticket. In that case, the full ticket will be purchased. Once again, it applies to all routes. So, travel on a Mumbai to New York flight or Milwaukee to New York, hardly matters.
Children traveling in other class other than parents
Children of 8 years or less traveling in a separate class to their parents’ count as unaccompanied minors. Therefore, the charge for the same will be full fare. When the children are having the age of 8 years and above and are traveling with their parents in other cabin class then all the kids will count as abundant minors. Hence, adult expenses will apply to them. Visits should be minimum in between the cabins. Make sure you are up to date with such rules before booking flight ticket deals.
Note: Children flying with Emirates, having the age of 2 years or above will have to be charged for a separate seat according to the guidelines and protocols of the airlines. Even if the child who reached the age of 2 years after the beginning of the journey will be charged with the adult fare as in order to get the possession on a seat.
If you are flying with Emirates then you should follow these child and infant passenger ticketing rules for your baby as it will help you know about the rules and regulations about baby travel.