Will flight attendant help minor flying alone?
Please sign her up as an “unaccompanied minor” when you book. There is a fee for this service. To find out what, search with the name of your airline and “unaccompanied minor” to find the right page right away. I’m a former Flight Attendant and I handled many “UM”s in my career. Your parents need to be there to check her in and sign the paperwork. She will then be lead to the gate by a customer service agent. If it’s school vacation time, there will probably be several of them on the flight. Ask your parents to not leave the airport until they see that her flight has departed. Make sure they have their cell phone with them. Once on the airplane, we were aware of our UM’s but most were experienced fliers and didn’t need much help. We would check on them but overall, they weren’t treated any differently than any other young people on board. After landing, we would hand our UM’s over again to another customer service agent at our arrival city who would either help them find their connecti
