Buying a return ticket for a child flying with different parent
My girlfriend, our daughter and I will be flying from Montreal to Italy. I'll fly directly there with my daughter, which is 3 years old, and stay a couple of weeks. My girlfriend will first stop in London and reach us later, but she will stay longer than me and come back to Canada later with my daughter.
To make it simple:
- Father and daughter fly from Canada to Italy
- Mother flies from Canada to England
- Father flies early from Italy to Canada
- Mother and daughter fly later from Italy to Canada
Is it possible to buy a return ticket for our daughter in which we specify that she'll travel with a different parent?
My problem is that I have to buy her ticket separated from ours, because everybody has a different flying schedule. Buying separate legs would be an option, but this would very likely result in more expensive tickets.
I hope I managed to explain the situation, thanks in advance
Best Answer
It depends on the airline.
Online booking systems (at least the three first I tested) usually don't allow separate tickets for children to be booked.
Since most airlines require smaller children (e.g. below the age of four) to always be accompanied by an adult, they may or may not also require that the child and the guardian is booked on the same ticket, in which case you might end up with six one-way tickets (probably very expensive) instead of three return tickets.
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Answer 2
Technically there is no issue with you creating 3 separate itineraries for 3 separate people and flying in any way you see fit.
There are restrictions that countries and airlines place when a minor child is flying out of the country of residence/citizenship with only one or no parents with them.
You will need a letter from your girlfriend that says that your daughter is allowed to leave the country with you. This particular subject had been discussed many many times on this forum.
How old does a child need to be to sit separately from parents when flying?
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When a mother travels with baby (2 years) without father, what documents she needs to have for baby?
Just to list a few.
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