How can a kid fly with one parent and return with the other?
I have a plan to fly with my kid to my parents (CDG-FRA) for the sake of example), leave the kid there for a couple of weeks and then let my wife do the same flight and bring the kid back.
If I were to be on both flights, that wouldn't be a problem: I could book a round trip for myself and the kid for the whole duration of the holyday (CDG to FRA on day D and return on day D+14), and then just book a round trip for myself in the opposite direction (FRA to CDG on D+1 and return on D+13). However, I will be busy on D+13, so I wonder if my wife could fly instead, without booking super-expensive one-way tickets for every flight.
What options do I have?
EDIT: the airline in question is Lufthansa, and my kid is 5 y.o. (so he needs a child ticket).
Best Answer
This should be possible using only return tickets, buy yourself a return ticket from CDG to FRA, leaving on D and returning on D+1. Then buy a return ticket for your wife, leaving on D+13 and returning on D+14. Your child can then have a ticket leaving on D and returning on D+14. With you/your wife being on a different booking it is unlike you will be seated together, you could try and ask if someone would be willing to swap or pay to choose your seats.
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