Southwest Airlines says its website will soon handle online booking for unaccompanied minors and the airline will double the one-way service fee to $50.
Previously, when children ages 5 to 11 were flying without an accompanying passenger age 12 or older, the paperwork had to be completed at the airport, and the service fee — on top of the fare, of course — was $25 each way.
Southwest garners a lot of publicity for its “bags fly free policy,” but it has been upping fees for a variety of ancillary services, including unaccompanied minors, over the past year.
Read the full story at: http://www.tnooz.com/2010/04/16/news/southwest-adds-online-booking-for-unaccompanied-minors-increases-fee/
