If your teen is under 15 years old, depending on the airline they might be considered an unaccompanied minor while flying. Each airline has different policies regarding which ages are considered an unaccompanied minors & additional fees for their services. Southwest and Alaska Airlines have the lowest fees for unaccompanied minors. Additionally both airlines only consider unaccompanied minors to be under 13 years old (or in the case of Southwest, under 12 years old). Below is a comparison chart of airline policies for unaccompanied minors as of April 2018.
Airline
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Age of Unaccompanied Minors
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Unaccompanied Minor Fee
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Notes
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Alaska Airlines
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8 to 12
|
$25 each way
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$50 for connecting flights
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American
|
8 to 14
|
$150 each way
|
Can travel on any nonstop or direct flight, or any connecting
flight through Charlotte, NC (CLT), Washington Reagan, D.C. (DCA), Dallas
Forth Worth, TX (DFW), New York, NY (JFK and LGA), Los Angeles, CA (LAX),
Miami, FL (MIA), Chicago, IL (ORD), Philadelphia, PA (PHL) and Phoenix, AZ
(PHX).
|
Delta
|
5 to 14
|
$150 each way
|
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Frontier
|
5 to 14
|
$110 each way
|
Can only travel on nonstop flights
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JetBlue
|
5 to 14
|
$100 each way
|
Can only travel on nonstop flights
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Southwest
|
5 to 11
|
$50 each way
|
|
Spirit
|
5 to 14
|
$100 each way
|
|
United
|
5 to 14
|
$150 each way
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Unaccompanied minors can only travel on nonstop flights operated
by United or United Express®. Codeshare flights and other flights operated by
our partner airlines are not eligible for unaccompanied minor travel
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