Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Flights, Airlines and Airports => Flights to Dalaman and Turkey, Airlines and Airports => Topic started by: julesbob0303 on September 21, 2009, 17:47:08 PM
-
Does anyone know at what age a child can fly alone? My daughter now has to fly to Turkey with us in October, as we are unable to leave her at home, as originally planned.
We can get her on our flight going out to Dalaman, but, despite my best efforts (and Ron's!!) the flight appears to be full for the return journey. Does anyone know if we are we able to put her on an earlier flight (maybe the day before). We can take her to Dalaman and arrange for her to be met at the UK end by a relative. She is 14 and quite sensible. I could keep her luggage and bring it back with us to make it a bit easier for her.
Someone told me that I can arrange an escorted journey for her? Has anyone else used this service out of Dalaman?
Our other (probably easier) option if we can get a flight on the same day and to the same airport - Manchester - is to put hubby's return flight in her name, and she can travel with me, whilst he travels on a different flight alone. :)
-
I think the policy of most airlines is 16 years old to fly alone
-
I believe Cyprus Turkish airlines provide a service for this. Never used it myself but worth checking out.
-
Julie,
quite a few airlines do allow 14 yrs and over to travel alone subject to various conditions, easy jet do for example see their web page.
you need to check with the airline on the phone to obtain conditions.
go on to google Travelocity web site have info likewise go google put in unaccompanied minors lots of info there.
Ron
-
julesbob, it depends which airline, most of them its 17, what date were your thinking of in October,Bee
-
ive emailed you julie..
thompson =over 14 yrs ok, monark over 14 yrs ok , easy jet over 14 =ok, aegean over 14 yrs ok BUT 40 euro charge [ shisters]
Ron
-
What date Julie for your daughter, we are out in October and flying with Onur Air, we come back on 1st or 2nd November although it is to Gatwick and not Manchester if was any help to you and she could get on our flight I would be happy to have her fly with us.
Karen
-
Thanks so much to you all. You've all been so helpful. :)
Bee, have emailed you. :) ;)[:o)]
Ron - you're a star, as usual! Have emailed you too! :):D ;) The Birmingham flight the day before is a good option. Need to chat to hubby when he gets in from work to make sure he's happy with her travelling alone. I personally think she's sensible enough as long as she's met off the flight at the UK end.
Thanks again for all the suggestions/help. :)
Karen, have just noticed your reply - will email you now. :)
Any offers of babysitting (or teen-sitting!) for a week also gratefully received! :o :-\[:o)]
-
Hi julie not received your email yet :)
-
Have re-sent it, bee :)
Unfortunately, our dates don't match up - but many thanks for your reply (just in case you don't get the email again!! :) )
-
Have emailed you Julie with flight details etc!
Karen x
-
Thanks Karen, just ringing round to see if this flight is available. So far, they have told me that it's only available as part of a return flight option! How stupid! Will get back to you as soon as I can. :)
-
quote:
Originally posted by julesbob0303
Does anyone know at what age a child can fly alone?
Jules
They can`t fly alone, they need an airplane. :D
Sorry, I couldn`t resist it. : :)
(http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp173/crabbit49/crab.gif)
-
Tell you what, Crabbs, it would be a damn sight cheaper if she could fly alone. :D These airplane things cost a flipping fortune. :o
-
Well, the plot thickens!
I have finally found exactly the flights I was looking for to enable our daughter to join us on holiday! Thought I'd better ring the booking through, as she's only 14 and I just knew it would cause complications if I tried to book online. 8)
The flights are extortionate, more than double what we paid for ours through Airflights months ago. I rang On the Beach holidays and explained our predicament. He refused to take the booking, as she is only 14. I explained that both of her parents would be on the same flight, so when we get to the Onur Air desk at Manchester, we will hand over our 2 lots of booking forms, and we will all be together on the same flight! Simple? Obviously not. [xx(]
Our only way around this is to change the name on one of our original flight bookings into our daughter's name, then re-book the new flight into hubby's name! The cost? £50 admin fee, plus the difference in current flight prices compared to when we booked ours!!
There is no bloody current flight price - they are all sold out! He couldn't give me a costing, as I have to put it in writing to them, at which point they will decide how much we have to pay for the name change!! :o
As the flights with On the Beach are very limited, we would have to book the extra flight immediately, at an extortionate cost, or risk losing it. Then wait to find out how much we will have to pay for the name change on the original ticket!
The annoying thing is, we never originally booked to fly out of Manchester - we live in South Wales, and had nice local flights out of Bristol. These were changed to Birmingham, then cancelled again, and we were offered these flights out of Manchester. Rather than cancel altogether, we accepted them. :-\
Basically, we are not going to be able to book anything for our daughter without it costing us an arm and a leg! Just seems so pointless!
Anyone up for a week's babysitting? :(
-
Julie can you not cancel the whole booking saying you have given it some thought and Manchester is no good for you, get a refund and then rebook another flight for all of you, or are all the flights for that week now really expensive? Our offer still stands if any use to you,.
-
Hi Karen, I'm pretty sure that the flights through Airflights are non-refundable, but must be honest, I haven't read the small print. We may however be entitled to a refund as this airport wasn't our initial choice, which was cancelled, I'm really not sure.
The flights are now really expensive for half term, so would cost us a fortune for three of us to re-book.
Thanks so much for your offer of help - I can't thank you enough! I don't think we will be able to book anything for her though, as they wont take bookings for a child under 18 on their own - apparently!! It is just ridiculous. Even though you are on the flight with your family, we are back to the same position - the booking would be for one person who is under 18, and therefore not allowed!!!
-
Oh yes of course I never thought of that, it is ridiculous isn't it. Anyway good luck with it all, I hope you manage to get something sorted at not to much of a cost!
-
Jules - our daughter has been flying out to Dalaman from the UK on her own for 3+ years now. She started at the age of 10 years old.
The main flights she has used are Turkish Airlines - via Istanbul (with HELP from TA staff only up to 12 years old).
She is so used to it now that she can travel across Istanbul International on her own to Domestic and onto Dalaman - all no probs. Just calls us on mobile at each stage.
Going back to UK is even easier. TA staff are very very helpful.
Or you can try Cyprus Turkish airlines - but they only operate in the season.
You can get your child to fly charter flighgts they can - but you must LINK their ticket to the accompanying adults.
With TA dont forget to book 4+ months in advance to get a price of approx £300 return.
Good luck !