Travel Arrangements

[mamakiwi]

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@emdee

A minor flying alone is just that, no extra fees are paid, however, if a minor is flying alone and a connection is canceled the child can not go to a hotel. I think Southwest was concerned because the other two folks on my daughter’s flight were given hotel vouchers. They could not do the same with her and did not want her in the airport all night.

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<p>Southwest: I was with my student in Manchester last December waiting for a nonstop flight to the Sunshine State. There were a group of students from some nearby bs who were not allowed to board another flight because the connecting flight was cancelled. (They had the misfortune of flying to a Snowy State )It was really messy and quite a few of the kids were visibly upset. The students all looked mature and perfectly able of taking care of themselves, but the fact remains that they are minors and therefore the quote from emdee above applied. </p>

<p>Don’t know how it all turned out because we boarded a different flight. But I thought about it alot…</p>

<p>I know everyone is not fortunate enough to have a non stop option - but if you can choose to do so it makes a big difference. For us, flights to BOS are connecting but to MHT they are non stop. So we choose MHT.</p>

<p>Nothing against Southwest - I love them and they are hands down the best. AirTran and JetBlue a close second for us.</p>