Is my child really an adult!!!!?

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Jean

Generally theres only 3 category: infant, child, adult.

Im sure many people would like to have more categories like teenager, middle age, senior citizen etc it is not possible for airline to come up with so many different prices.

Anyways, many 12yr old already consume as much food as a normal adult. Their age and mental health might still be immature but many do take up as big a seat as an adult and is not as noisy as other children and also would not need assistance in going to the bathroom alone etc. Judging by all this, the airlines decide to promptly charge them as adults.

doug0102

They are not telling you she is an adult in a legal sense. They are telling you that THEY charge any person over 11 an adult fair. It's their business and their rules. If you don't like it, don't do business with them. And if you really don't understand it, maybe they can give YOU children fair.

Techwing

The definition of an adult depends purely on context. For an airline, an adult may be anyone who occupies a seat, or anyone who occupies a seat and weighs about the same as an adult. Seats and weight cost money in the airline industry. Whether a passenger is old enough to drive, vote, or drink beer is irrelevant.

incognito m

I believe it deals with space, and the size of the individual.

Chickens Don't Eat Wings

It is. But it's also pretty standard, take for instance, if your reading the back of a bottle for pain killers...for children 12-adults...get the same amount etc. But by no means does anyone actually think your child is an adult. That's just crazy.

Gerald J

Some airlines offer discounts for children UNDER 18 yrs. old on international flights, check around. At least on most international flights you can get a discount for children under 12, on domestic flights there are no airlines that I know of that offer discounts for kids over 2. As a parent myself, I can sympathize with you, I'm used to paying full fare on many flights for my 7 yr. old. Check around though, depending on where you're going internationally, some airlines have youth fares for kids under 18.

sunsetdrunk

Many 12 year olds are 70-100% the weight of an average adult, and they carry as much luggage. Think about the luggage. Traveling families will pack bags like its a commodities cargo mission.

aflumpire

lets look at this from an airlines point of view.

12 year olds are very likley to eat the same food, and use the same basic services as an adult. They are going to eat, drink, burp, fart, pee and poo like any other adult on that plane. Airlines dont care about size, they base their price structure on how much a passenger is going to use.

With the spelling of Fare...well thats just like the old "there, their and they're", or Plane and Plain (as another answere has confused the two). its an Airfare, not an Airfair.

If you complain about those, then I wouldnt like to see you travel to exotic places!

gromit801

You're missing the point. Your kid will be sitting in a seat, and as such, takes up as much room as an adult. Airlines sell by seating, which is a finite number.

isaac.blair

Of course it is. its called price discrimination. Its how indudustries make money. Think of it this way. Is your 12 year old daughter old enough to buy a plain ticket, drive to the airport, and get on the plane all by herself. NO. of course not. becuase she is a child. They wont sell alcohol to her duty free on the plane. Is this becuase shes a child? of course.

Darknight F

well, a 12 year old cannot be difined as an adult but more of a teen-ager so yes they just do want to make more money.

Jelly Bean

Some 12 year olds are as big as adults.

I Live In Paradise

it is a money making idea they steal off passengers

it should be illegal to charge anyone under the age of 18 a full paying price fare at all

Fi Fi

yup its a way of them making money

Pocket Protectorate

It's tied in with the rates the Hotels and Motels charge...they use those age demographics on family specials in Hotels, and thus...

The inaccurate age categorization for the sake of anything better...

poiuy

it's a strategy to gain more money. they only distinguish children from adult.THEY DON'T CLASSIFY TEENS.

Charles P

it's all about the money

raels1

makes you wonder what they call someone 0-2 doesn't it.

seems to me that the child age is getting lower and lower these days, just don't let a 12+ person see it or you could be in all sorts of trouble.

i have a 37 yo and he was a child, in my opinion until 35 when he suddenly grew up. mind you he is still MY baby.

you can also experience the same problem when you find accommodation which states a family, 2 adults and 2 children but doesn't always specify the age of the child. i have often been tempted to go as 1 adult and 2 children (37 and 39 yo). after all they are my children, and i am foregoing 1 adult.

oops forgot to answer your question yes it is a way of making money.

Redhead Drunk on Red Wine..Again

One thing I've learned about airlines and ages is that you need to show proof of the person's age.

There was this one situation on the show ,Airline, where Southwest didn't allow a family with a 10 month on board for free because they couldn't prove the child's age. I think that was a clear case of wanting money-The child did not look 1 or 2. It was very young and an obvious case.

I think they do want to make money when they clearly know the age of the child.

12 years old is not an adult in society so they shouldn't be considered one in terms of airlines.

Steven M

of course its money im 12 and im still a kid when ur 21 your officially an adult

ProtecterofBUMS

Ok heres a very simple soultion go ahead and buy the tickets and get on the plane then have your daughter run down the asile yelling i have a bomb in my pocket once she is takled to the ground sue the airport for harm againist a minor

Dfg S

its bascily a quiz if she is going to enjoy the trip or not

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