could an adult fly on a child ticket??

here's an interesting one , sparked by a phone call from my brother, who asked me to use my 'contacts' to find him a floriday. he has a son by a previous marriage who will actually be 17 when travelling but i thought was 16.
certain tour operators and virgin brokers have different deals for older kids getting child prices etc .

is it possible for a say 18 year old to use a child ticket or would it get picked up at check in?. i dont intend to do it but it crossed my mind that:-

1 if you got a special kids deal over and above a normal deal, where does it say on the ticket that its a special older kids deal or

2 if there was an older kids deal on, but the broker 'blagged' you and charged you full adult fare - how would you know anyway?

Trevlad,

I am sure that all children fares are between the ages of 2-11 anyway? Certainly I have never heard of any special fares for kids of aged 16, and if there are please tell me about it:D

Most airlines have a limit of age 12 on a childs ticket. There are some that do special deals for older children but you would have to check with the individual airlines. It is usual procedure to ask for the childs age when booking a ticket and all of the passport details have to be inputed from the UK before being allowed to land in the US. I would strongly reccomend not messing around and giving false or misleading information when it comes to ticketing this end and immigration the other side. Just try and get a good deal with the airline you wish to travel with - some of them do do a special fare for this age group but don't lie about the age as they will see the passport details anyway!

Hello. Once a child reaches 12 they are classed as an adult.
Youth and Student fares were phased out years ago.

Diane
Virgin have been offering some child price up to age 16 recently, and also children flying for £85 when 2 adult tickets are pruchased , if you contact Charter Travel they have all the info and offers.

Trev
I am almost certain it would get picked up somewhere in the ticketting procedure if not checkin, when there are so many numbers printed on your ticket it's difficult to know what is encoded into the number, I wouldnt have though it worth the risk to save a few pounds because if it does get picked up you can guarantee the only available ticket that will be offered in order to fly will the most expensive full fare published or that you will be refused permission to board.

Just to add to the previous post, I have heard of special fares for other age groups but do not know which carriers as BA and Virgin have a strict 12 year old full fare policy. So if you do hear of who then it would be useful to know!

Virgin do sometimes offer kids fares for up to 16 year olds !

We've had offers sent through from Charter Travel for kids fares up to age 16 on Virgin - they never seem to be in school holidays though[msnsad]

Ebookers were doing special fares for 12 to 16 year olds with Virgin for school holidays. I was trying to book for July 2005.

I know this because I have a 15 year old and so was very interested. I didn't take it up because Charter offered me a better deal overall [msnsmile].

Personally i would contact the airline and explain the problem. When we book flights our Travel agent always ask for DOB.
It would not be very funny if they refused to take him when he checks in.

Truthfully, I doubt it!

I wouldn't think it worth the risk....it would be awful if it created a problem at check in.[msnembarrased]

as said you can definitely get these deals from time to time, but dont worry it was just a theory question. i was more concerned that the offer was available but i mightve paid full price!

"Just to add to the previous post, I have heard of special fares for other age groups but do not know which carriers as BA and Virgin have a strict 12 year old full fare policy. So if you do hear of who then it would be useful to know!"

Camilla and Neil this is one of the offers from Chrater at the moment, there was another which covered Sept and October and depending on when half term falls in your are covers some of Oct half term.


NOT TO BE MISSED - EXTENDED FOR BOOKINGS UP UNTIL 30TH APRIL 2005.

VIRGIN DEAL...CHILD AGE UPTO 16....

GATWICK - ORLANDO.

OUTBOUND TRAVEL DATES.

01 MAY - 18 MAY GBP 349.00 per adult, GBP 149.00 per child upto 16.

31 MAY - 26 JUN GBP 359.00 per adult, GBP 159.00 per child upto 16.

CHILD AGES UPTO 16.

Availability selling fast and limited...

FARES APPLY TO BOTH GATWCK.

All fares are plus tax approx GBP 95.00

Bookable by the 30th April 2005.

Bookable with deposits.

No travel on Saturdays.

THE ABOVE FARES ARE ALL BOOKED AS PART OF A FLYDRIVE AND CAR HIRE INSURANCES WOULD BE ON TOP OF THE ABOVE FARES, ONCE BOOKED TICKETS ARE STRICTLY NON CHANGEABLE AND NON REFUNDABLE...FARES SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY IN THE APPROPRIATE BOOKING CLASSES...AVAILABILITY

LIMITED FOR CERTAIN DATES. THESE FARES ARE NOT BOOKABLE AS FLIGHT ONLY.

Regards,

The other one for special child prices (11 and under is)
NOT TO BE MISSED

VIRGIN DEAL...CHILDREN 11 AND UNDER , FLY FOR £85.00.
(plus airport tax).

GATWICK/MANCHESTER - ORLANDO.

OUTBOUND TRAVEL DATES - 01 SEPT - 30SEPT 2005.

Fares are at GBP 365.00 per adult and GBP 85.00 per child.

This fare is only valid when there are two full paying adults travelling out
and back with one child. Any extra children will be charged at the normal
rate of £235.00.
All plus GBP 10.00 each way per person for travel on a Saturday.

Availability selling fast and limited...

All fares are plus tax approx GBP 95.00

Bookable by the 30th April 2005.

Bookable with deposits.

steph the deals we got were similar from a teletext broker. the above are still good. we were offered £410 adult incl taxes but was to end of march booking

I thought they always asked for dates of birth and assumed they check these against the passports[msneek]

no just adult or ages for the kids

We have just paid £45.00 for our granson (17months) I don`t now if I am allowed to say who with but this is the cheapest we have paid for him. We are usually charged from £78/85 pounds. He get`s no seat or baggage allowence.

i thought under 2 was free

We have taken him out with us on three previous visits and we have had to pay everytime.I don`t know if you pay for travel to europe but every international flight we have taken we have had to pay for him even though he sit`s on my knee.If two adults travel with two infants on some airlines they will only allow one to travel on your knee you have to buy a full/child`s ticket for the other.

the travel on the knee is the key