Travelling with infant who stops being an infant during the trip (turns 2)
I'm a Canadian PR my family (wife, kid) are Canadian Citizens, we're travelling to Pakistan via Jeddah (Saudi Airline). We're staying in Jeddah for 1 week and then going to Lahore (Pakistan) for 2 weeks, now my kid is still considered infant (he will turn to 2 at April 17th, 2014) my travel agent booked our itinerary from Lahore(Pakistan) to Jeddah on 18th of April and then back to Toronto on the 19th, so he'll turn 2 by the time we board the returning bound flight, I asked my travel agent if there will be any issue and she said she got a special permission from Saudi Airlines that they are giving him 1 day grace period and will still consider him as in infant to board the flight.
As far as I know after a kid turns 2, he's no longer considered an infant and have to pay almost 75% of the airfare? Is that true?
Best Answer
While this Saudi Airlines page says:
If the infant reaches the age of 2 years prior to their return journey, they must pay the applicable child fare, taxes, fees and charges for that part of the journey.
In reality things are different, as long as the ticket is issued then it is ok and no one checks and the system only checks the date of the infant as of the first sector.
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I came back without any issue :)
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