I really can't believe what I'm about to tell you. We've just had a lovely holiday in Sardinia, went to the airport to check in for the return flight and walked away with our tickets. It was pure luck then I looked at the boarding passes to see if we had a window seat for my little one that wanted it so much, and that I clocked that three of us, two adults and a child had been completely split up. No I'm not talking one on either side of the aisle, we were sat 10 rows apart. My daughter is four years old for goodness sake, she can't be expected to sit on her own, and I doubt she would anyway.
And what about the people she'd be sat with, I doubt if they would enjoy the flight either. I find it completely unacceptable and have since heard that it's a moneymaking scheme by the airlines to make you pay to book your seat. If the adults are split up its no real bother but the airline would surely not take a four-year-old flying on their own, so how can this be seen as okay? I really can't believe it. How can I be responsible for her if she's not even within spitting distance of me. It's not like they didn't know her age, they saw her passport, they saw her asleep in the buggy, they even put a luggage tag on the pushchair. You can't honestly begin to understand what that would do to a parent and what it did to me when I don't like flying anyway. And what if some thing happened in mid-air? Would I have to rely on a complete stranger to take her to the toilet, to fire her iPad up to watch Zootropolis and to do colouring in with her?
As it was, I marched straight back to the desk and had stern words, making sure she was at least sat with me. It's complete madness and I'm getting more cross as I write this. Come on airlines sort it out.
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