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Delta Airlines Unaccompanied Minors Policy: Children Alone On The Flights

By Daniel Jackson 03 Feb, 2022 332

When passengers talk about some of the most careful and responsible airlines of America, they take Delta Airlines’ name. And this has a very solid reason. Can you leave your children alone on the flights for traveling? Well, if you have opted for Delta Airlines Book a Flight option for your flight, you can. Because Delta Airlines Unaccompanied Minors Policy makes sure that your kids are safe and comfortable while flying at heights.

However, there are some conditions and policies following which you can send your child alone on the flights. Let’s talk about them in detail in the following sections

  • What is Delta Airlines Unaccompanied Minors Policy?

Be it an international traveling or a domestic one, Delta provides some extra services to unaccompanied minors. For example, they provide a wristband that tracks their presence and location. Moreover, they also fix an escort for them so that they do not feel alone and fearful on the flights. 

Now, here are the important points that you need to know if you are sending your child on the flights alone:

  1. Children from the age of 5 to 14 years can avail of this policy. No kids under 5 years of age are allowed to board Delta flights alone. 
  2. However, children from the age of 15 to 17 might or might not go for this service or travel option.
  3. On the other hand, the airline allows unaccompanied children from the age of 5 to 7 years to fly on non-stop flights only. 
  4. When it comes to unaccompanied children from the age of 8 to 14 years, they can board nonstop flights also. They are also allowed to go for connecting flights. But the connecting flights should either be of Delta Airlines or KLM airlines or Air France flight.
  • Delta Airlines Unaccompanied Minors Fee

While booking the tickets you need to book and pay the fee as done for the adults. But when you bear demanding Delta Airlines Unaccompanied Minors service, you need to pay some extra charges. Yes, 150 USD is the per way fee for this. 

  • Delta Airlines Unaccompanied Conditions

There are certain conditions when Delta Airlines does not allow unaccompanied children on the flights. They won't allow the child passengers alone:

  1. If the flight is final connecting one of the days.
  2. On special flights such as red-eye flights. Because these flights operate between the late nights and early mornings. 

However, in some conditions they allow you to travel on red-eye flights.

They are, if:

  1. The children are boarding an international flight
  2. The route is to/from Alaska and Hawaii
  3. There is no connecting flight left on that particular day.
  • How to book Delta Unaccompanied Minor Flights?

For booking flights for your child traveling alone, you have two ways. You can follow the online process. Or, you can do it by calling the Delta en Español. Yes, they will guide you with all the basic and important details regarding Delta Unaccompanied Minor Flights.

Also, when you call the airline’s representative to make such bookings, you need to  assist the person with the following information:

The name of the child, the travel date, and the flight number

Your address, and your phone number.

Moreover, if you are sending your child with a legal guardian to the airport, you need to provide their name, address, and contact number also. This also applies in the case of the receiver who comes to the airport to rpick0up from the destination airport.