Can a 17 year old travel on plane without an adult?

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vze3xmvu@verizon.net

You can travel alone without parential consent. The policy is though.

Under the age of 18, all minors can not receive overnight accomdiations on the airline's expense based on a cancellation and most hotels won't even allow a minor to have a room for the night.

The same rules as like working at a restaurant like McDonalds applies to the airline industry:

All minors ages 8-17 can not get the last flight out of that specific airport and the minor can use a direct flight or connecting city flight.

An adult over the age of 18 have to purchase the ticket for you.

Please read the link below as it will better detail any problems or concerns. This is mostly the same thing with every airline you look at.

:UPDATE FROM ASKER'S EXTRA NOTES:
For Southwest:

You have to have someone over 18 use a credit or debit card to buy the airline ticket with your name as the Passenger and the Name and billing address on whomever is buying it. That person also have to go to the airport with you so you can retrieve your ticket from the self-service kiosk.

When you receive your ticket you will receive a board letter. The Board Letter is either A,B,or C and whatever number associated with that board letter.
For instance, your board letter is A and the number is 27 out of like 40.. that means you will be the 27th person to board the plane to pick your own seat. B-27 is the 67th person and C-27 is the 107th person. Southwest for now is a pick your own seat airline with the emergency exit seats mainly going to the first 6 people.

Once then you can proceed to the security checkpoint line where you have to keep your ticket out and also your state issued ID or Passport for verification purposes.

karmanndog

With parent consent, i think.

yes

This has kept me awake

Im sure you can. Now, i believe fo r legal reasons they have to have the consent of the adult, but if your running away, or something less dramatic without the consent of your parents, then im not sure it will work.

North_Korea_will_haunt_you

Yes, you can be allowed to ride even if you're no yet an adult. As long as you have your plane ticket, some money and most important of all, a permit from your parents. This permitt is sort of a letter to the government that you have permission to travel.

iMakeSense

Yes you may ride alone like a big kid!

Tony

u can go by urself but they need ur parents permission, ur parent has to contact the airline and come to the airport with u, then they put a huge sign on u that says minor traveling alone and assign a flight attendant to watch u

Punk Princess

Yes lol I was 8 when I first went on a plane alone.

bird

certainly, with the consent of your parent/guardian, and you have someone to pick you up. You should be ok

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