General Discussion

kcr

(15,522 posts)

13. How did they even know? You don't need ID for young children.

Reply to Goodheart (Reply #7)

Thu May 4, 2017, 09:39 AM

May 2017

They just wanted that seat.

Click here to purchase valentine hearts!

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

147 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Family booted off Delta flight [View all] OnlinePoker May 2017 OP

Looks like Delta handled this pretty well Goodheart May 2017 #1

How is this customer wrong? frazzled May 2017 #3

The person in the seat has to match the name on the ticket Goodheart May 2017 #7

Oh, give me a break. frazzled May 2017 #10

Here's what really happened Goodheart May 2017 #14

If this is indeed what happened, the parents were 100% wrong obamanut2012 May 2017 #58

Agree. I had an issue recently where two parents booked the window and aisle. LisaM May 2017 #87

This message was self-deleted by its author JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #144

Because that's what the parents signed up for. Goodheart May 2017 #15

And let's not forget something that's getting lost here... Goodheart May 2017 #18

This isn't about switching seats Volstagg May 2017 #30

Something is wrong with your take Sanity Claws May 2017 #101

I agree. Delta website even recommends a car seat for infants. kristopher May 2017 #110

How did they even know? You don't need ID for young children. kcr May 2017 #13

The ticketed passenger for that seat was 18 years old, and not checked in jberryhill May 2017 #28

Also bought a seat. Yes, exactly as I say. They didn't just buy three tickets. kcr May 2017 #37

They had a discrepancy when in the pre flight check they did a head check against ticketed grantcart May 2017 #56

If that's true, it would have been easy for them to state that. kcr May 2017 #64

they had agreed to fly with an infant in their lap - and they could have done that DrDan May 2017 #71

Or the airline could have simply switched names, because it's dangerous. kcr May 2017 #88

unlesss it was a nontransferrable ticket - then the airlines should stick by the rules DrDan May 2017 #90

Yes, it is. How do you fail to see that? LisaM May 2017 #94

No. They hadn't used the ticket. They bought an additional one. kcr May 2017 #100

Where are you seeing that they paid for four tickets? LisaM May 2017 #103

No you aren't. If they'd only paid for three, then it would have been a video kcr May 2017 #115

Ah. Well, then they should have changed the name on the ticket. LisaM May 2017 #126

Probably because ID isn't required for infants. kcr May 2017 #127

No, but if a person on a named ticket takes another flight, I can see why Delta re-assigned the seat LisaM May 2017 #131

The issue wasn't that they didn't have a ticket but that they refused to hold the infant grantcart May 2017 #130

The pax had received boarding passes and were on the plane kristopher May 2017 #114

That part is not clear jberryhill May 2017 #118

They show the ticket and get a boarding pass. kristopher May 2017 #123

It's not clear that they did get a boarding pass jberryhill May 2017 #133

I don't recall age nor child/adult being on the tickets or boarding passes at all kristopher May 2017 #134

I believe lap children get a boarding pass that does not assign them a seat califootman May 2017 #138

That is exactly how it is supposed to work HoneyBadger May 2017 #132

I don't think they handled well itcfish May 2017 #25

Except they didn't overbook -- standbys are not always overbooking issues obamanut2012 May 2017 #60

He paid for the fugging seat malaise May 2017 #2

Simple math...he paid for THREE SEATS brooklynite May 2017 #16

Where did you get that he only paid for THREE SEATS kcr May 2017 #20

Infants under 2 itcfish May 2017 #26

They don't pay if they're lap babies crazycatlady May 2017 #34

Only if they're in a lap. kcr May 2017 #38

Agree with you itcfish May 2017 #83

Except he didn't -- he gave an adult's seat to the child, you cannot do that obamanut2012 May 2017 #62

Another lawsuit.... Historic NY May 2017 #4

Depends where they were sitting crappyjazz May 2017 #5

If that's all it was, they could have just asked other passengers to switch frazzled May 2017 #8

Is she saying you can't buy a seat for an infant, because that is total bs. Zing Zing Zingbah May 2017 #6

I bought a seat for mine when they were babies, too. It is total BS n/t kcr May 2017 #12

You can. They didn't Volstagg May 2017 #31

Exactly, that seat was no longer in play, it was void obamanut2012 May 2017 #65

LATimes Says that they still were assigned that seat. kristopher May 2017 #107

Was anyone else distracted by the passenger playing beveeheart May 2017 #9

That was a nervous tick and anxiety madaboutharry May 2017 #53

Buying an extra seat and overbooking with standbys waiting question . I have heard of lunasun May 2017 #11

It's not an extra seat. It was a seat for his child. kcr May 2017 #17

Also thier Delta website suggests it's best lunasun May 2017 #19

They didn't purchase the seat for their infant child Volstagg May 2017 #32

apparently it was a seat for their other child - not the infant with them at the time DrDan May 2017 #21

No, they aren't. kcr May 2017 #22

their other child was 18 years old - he was a no-show for that flight hence Delta can give the seat DrDan May 2017 #23

If that is the case Delta did right. crappyjazz May 2017 #27

bingo DrDan May 2017 #29

I have to wonder why the crew was trying to claim it was against FAA rules kcr May 2017 #33

yeah - it seems to be very straightforward - apparently Delta even encourages the DrDan May 2017 #36

Yeah, it sure is puzzling they made that claim, isn't it? kcr May 2017 #39

Except that ticket hadn't been purchased for the child obamanut2012 May 2017 #72

I understand that - and I would bet they purchased a non-transferrable ticket so they could DrDan May 2017 #75

What? That doesn't make sense. kcr May 2017 #92

I never said they were trying to scam the airlines - but when purchasing the original 3 tickets, DrDan May 2017 #95

You don't even know what type of tickets they were. You're operating under assumptions. kcr May 2017 #102

then why did the Father not simply transfer the ticket - he seems knowledgeable about airline DrDan May 2017 #106

Probably because they don't check ID for infants kcr May 2017 #119

ah but it was . . . wasn't it DrDan May 2017 #141

That's not what they were trying to claim. Goodheart May 2017 #42

Go back and listen. She's clearly saying it isn't allowed. kcr May 2017 #43

Or did they submit the ticket at the gate with the wrong name? aikoaiko May 2017 #47

bet it was non-transferrable - the guy seems to be informed about airline ticketing DrDan May 2017 #63

Sorry, but your argument is incorrect. Goodheart May 2017 #24

Then why didn't they claim that as the reason? kcr May 2017 #35

Delta DID claim that as the reason. Goodheart May 2017 #40

No they didn't. There's nothing about a reservation canceled. kcr May 2017 #41

That's a FEDERAL rule. Delta was correct. Goodheart May 2017 #44

Then they should require ID for everyone. It is not generally enforced for children n/t kcr May 2017 #45

But there was another passenger who was assigned to that seat. MGKrebs May 2017 #49

It does matter whether it was an infant because they don't require ID for them. kcr May 2017 #50

But someone else bought that seat. You can't take an infant MGKrebs May 2017 #51

But that's not what happened. kcr May 2017 #52

How do you know that? MGKrebs May 2017 #55

Based on what was said in the video. kcr May 2017 #61

This -- it doesn't matter whose ticket that was, the seat wasn't theirs obamanut2012 May 2017 #78

No, they did not buy that ticket for that pAssenger (infant) obamanut2012 May 2017 #76

If it doesn't work that way, then airlines should require ID for everyone regardless of age. kcr May 2017 #79

they are supposed to - everyone is supposed to have an id DrDan May 2017 #84

They don't and I've flown many times with my kids with multiple airlines. No ID was needed. kcr May 2017 #86

read my edit - TSA requires no id for those under 18 DrDan May 2017 #89

I didn't know that about international flights. I would have assumed passports were needed. kcr May 2017 #97

Exactly, I don't get why people are not getting this obamanut2012 May 2017 #74

Not everyone has a rules are rules mentality, that's why. kcr May 2017 #81

I didn't watch the video, but I suppose MGKrebs May 2017 #99

There wasn't any need for them to say that. They don't check ID for infants. kcr May 2017 #104

when you go to discount fare sites like cheapoair - you are purchasing non-transferrable DrDan May 2017 #116

I must have missed the part where someone stated they booked on cheapo air. kcr May 2017 #120

I guess I missed the part where he purchased transferrable tickets DrDan May 2017 #142

Well how about that? Delta has apologized and issued them refunds. n/t kcr May 2017 #146

ok . . . and it was warranted for their threats DrDan May 2017 #147

By the time the airline found out that the family still wanted that seat MGKrebs May 2017 #121

That is wrong. They didn't just want the seat. They paid for it and had a boarding pass. kcr May 2017 #124

Goodheart is 100% correct, and this has nothing to do with overbooking obamanut2012 May 2017 #73

It has everything to do with overbooking. Without it, nothing would have happened. kcr May 2017 #77

No, that tix was for HIS ADULT CHILD WHO FLEW EARLIER obamanut2012 May 2017 #70

IT DOES'NT MATTER! Their baby didn't magically turn 18, did it? kcr May 2017 #85

They do. When you check in. nt B2G May 2017 #93

No. They don't. No ID required for minors. n/t kcr May 2017 #108

Did they get a boarding pass for that seat? jberryhill May 2017 #96

If they didn't have a boarding pass, then that video would be entirely different. kcr May 2017 #111

I'm not clear on whether they actually checked in that seat jberryhill May 2017 #112

Why would they buy an extra ticket if they didn't do that? kcr May 2017 #122

No, it wasn't his child;s seat at all, they could take it away obamanut2012 May 2017 #69

No, because that person is using their tix, not the case here obamanut2012 May 2017 #67

You are just flat out wrong about this. They checked their baby on the flight. kcr May 2017 #125

But was the baby checked in as a lap-child? califootman May 2017 #129

of course there is a reason they could not change the name - a very simple reason DrDan May 2017 #143

Delta should have offered to change the name on the ticket for the family. aikoaiko May 2017 #46

Bingo frazzled May 2017 #48

what if they puchased a non-transferrable ticket - at a discount DrDan May 2017 #68

It doesn't work that way, it wasn't the family's ticket obamanut2012 May 2017 #80

Exactly Sanity Claws May 2017 #98

The airline got this one right titaniumsalute May 2017 #54

Yup, and FEDERAL LAW states the passenger has to match the ticket obamanut2012 May 2017 #82

My question is mercuryblues May 2017 #57

It doesn't matter B2G May 2017 #66

So everyone is automatically right and a victim B2G May 2017 #59

It's a cattle call, If you're a cow, fly HAB911 May 2017 #91

How many boarding passes did they have? Sanity Claws May 2017 #105

That detail is nowhere to be found jberryhill May 2017 #113

Well, I have another thought about this: MineralMan May 2017 #109

Minors in the exit row are a common misunderstanding, too jberryhill May 2017 #117

I agree nini May 2017 #128

Yep, be a good little corporate resource and take your screwing with a grin. kristopher May 2017 #135

Message deleted by DU the Administrators nini May 2017 #136

That's the advice you *seem* to be giving. kristopher May 2017 #137

Message deleted by DU the Administrators nini May 2017 #139

No, I didn't miss it. kristopher May 2017 #140

I'm going to take a different direction on this one altogether... it's a small child, right? JoeStuckInOH May 2017 #145