What You Need To Know About Booking Your Child As An Unaccompanied Minor
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
- In this video I cover the entire unaccompanied minor process from determining if you should even send your child on a flight by themselves, to the booking process and policies and what to expect on the day of travel.
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In this video Ben shares what you need to know about the unaccompanied minor service the airlines offer. If you are nervous about sending your child alone on a flight, Ben will cover situations to consider that your child may encounter to help you make a determination if your child is ready to fly by themselves. Ben will also cover what the process looks like if you use the unaccompanied minor service and share some helpful tips.
Time codes:
0:00 Intro
0:26 Is your child ready to travel by themselves?
1:03 Scenarios your child could encounter
1:52 Airline process and policies for setting up an unaccompanied minor service
2:49 Unaccompanied minor process for the day of travel
3:57 Tip #1
4:22 Tip #2
4:33 Tip #3
4:54 Tip #4
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I flew unaccompanied with Delta and I can say that it wasn’t a bad experience. You can get away with going through the priority check-in line, and they give you a bracelet with a qr code that acts as a boarding pass, an envelope with your actual boarding passes and information on your flights and who is picking you up, and a security slip for your parent/guardian to be able to take you to the gate. You head to the gate early to give the envelope to the gate agent who calls you up with any other unaccompanied minors to board first. It was a connecting flight and the hub we stopped in was ATL. On the first leg, I was seated with another unaccompanied minor in the very back of the plane, and the flight attendants were very kind. When we landed in ATL, there was someone at the gate to escort me to the unaccompanied minor’s room for my layover. After the layover, I was escorted to my gate and when I boarded I was seated next to a lady just over the wing in a window seat. When I landed, I had to wait until my parent was at the gate, and could confirm that they were indeed my parent. I had this wristband that acted like a boarding pass. Overall, my experience wasn’t half bad, but I had flown this flight many times previously, just with a guardian. The crew was very kind and made sure that I was comfortable. Overall, it was a pretty good experience. I would say that one of the things I would worry about the most would be unruly passengers sitting next to me, but I was lucky. I would recommend sending your child with something to do on the trip, as I do not think looking out the window would be enough. Check how many people typically fly the route and see whether or not there may be in-flight entertainment. If your child has a layover, check for how long and send something to do, just in case. I was twelve when I flew unaccompanied, and I found myself bored in the room where they kept us during layovers. We were not allowed in the terminal until boarding during the layover and that left no time to get food from somewhere in it. The unaccompanied minor’s room had snacks, and on my first flight we were given a box with different snacks as well, but I don’t know if the box is a Delta thing.
How your child reacts to flying unaccompanied depends on many factors. I have loved airplanes and the world of aviation since I was extremely young and have flown a lot previously. Even with that, I was still afraid to fly unaccompanied. Two years earlier my mom offered to let me do so, but I was too afraid, so one of my grandparents had to fly with me. I was still afraid when I actually did, but the fear dissipated as my flight went on. Luckily, my flight was not delayed from ATL. I don’t know what would have gone through my head if it did.
Sorry for that long rant, I’m pretty sure I repeated a few points, but I wanted to share my experience.
I was 12 at the time, flying on Delta.
Thank you so much for sharing your experience. This is very helpful information for others who will read this. Thank you 🙏🏻
This is awesome and helped a lot! Thanks for taking your time to make this video!
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much
Hello i'm 17 and suppose my parents went to usa, with immigration visa. They couldn't take me with them as my visa wasn't ready . Now if i have to go alone, how can I?? Do i need a alone travel consent signed by both of my parents before they go or do i just contact with the airlines and get UM service. Please let me know...❤
You will need written consent signed by both parents to be able to travel to the US alone in addition to your passport and visa. And depending on what airline you will be flying on, they may require you to fly using the unaccompanied minor service when traveling alone internationally. Here is a link to a template you can use to help your parents write a written consent for you to be able to enter the US. esta-center.com/en/minority/index.html#:~:text=to%20the%20U.S.-,United%20States%20Customs%20and%20Border%20Protection%20(CBP)%20requests%20written%20consent,consent%20must%20be%20in%20English.
I am curious a little more about the pick up process. My Dad wants to send my sister to visit me in Denver. How would I go about going through security to meet her at the gate. Just wondering since I am not a legal guardian.
The process will vary depending on the airline but your Dad will name the person that will be picking up your sister when he fills out the Unaccompanied minor paperwork. In this case that would be you. Then you will need to show up to the airport and present your ID to the airline and they will issue you a gate pass to be able to go through security and meet your sister at the gate.
I think I'm the only one finding it weird a little child NOT teenager, can board a flight all by themselves without adult supervision