Delta Air Lines have round trip airfares travelling from New York (JFK) to Aruba (AUA) for $252, nonstop. These are basic economy fares, a restricted-type fare that allows a personal item and a carry-on bag. There is no seat selection and no change. If you are travelling with children, Delta will decide on a case-by-case basis if you will be seated together.
Travel Availability:
Departs JFK: Sept 2-5, 10-11, 13, 15-19, 24-26; Oct 1, 8-9, 15, 22-23
Returns: Sept 4-6, 9-12, 17-20, 22-28; Oct 1-3, 8-11, 13, 15-18, 22-25, 29-31
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This is already a problem for anyone not just people with kids, imagine having a kid sit next to you and constantly try to reach over to mom or parent or get and and try to go around etc..
How low has airline industry gone that they will seperate a kid from parent unless they pay more..
united airlines matched this deal and united will allow you to be seated together with your children but united doesn't allow that carry-on bag.
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This is already a problem for anyone not just people with kids, imagine having a kid sit next to you and constantly try to reach over to mom or parent or get and and try to go around etc..
How low has airline industry gone that they will seperate a kid from parent unless they pay more..
1) this is basic economy. Essentially the entire industry is moved to a more tiered ticketing system where you have to pay for selecting specific seats, carry on luggage, checked bags, etc etc. You could always just pay more money for advanced seating
2) I agree with you in theory - it's better for *everyone* if kids are seated with parents - obviously better for the family, but also better for random people that would otherwise potentially be seated next to a child, and better for the airline not having to deal with all of that at the gate or on the plane.
We recently traveled Southwest with our family of 6. I'll admit, with 6 people, we need to fly as cheap as possible as even a $100 difference in fare is really $600, so we chose Southwest, knowing its seating arrangement (free for all). They only recently implemented a policy where families board between A and B, and in all 4 of our flights we had no issue getting 6 seats together.
The Delta situation is different as you have 2 sets of people - those that choose seats ahead of time and those that don't. Those that don't are assigned seats some time before departure (on check in? At the gate?), so you can't necessarily count on there being large swaths of the plane just open.
At the end of the day, I just encourage people to compare apples to apples when choosing an airline and understand if the tradeoffs are worth whatever difference you're paying in fare.