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British Airways increases the minimum age for children to fly on their own from 12 to 14

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British Airways is rolling out changes to the minimum age for travel for a child flying alone.

From bookings made after 1st May, a child must be 14 before it will be allowed to fly unaccompanied.  This compares to the current age of 12.

British Airways minimum age for child flying alone

In addition, any child aged under 16 MUST bring a completed parent / guardian consent form with them to the airport.  This rule applies to new bookings made after 1st May.

Unaccompanied children will be booked on adult tickets and must travel without a chaperone throughout the entire journey.  The ‘Skyflyer’ service which allocated chaperones to unaccompanied minors was scrapped by British Airways in 2016.

Full details of the changes are on this page of ba.com.

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Comments (74)

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  • JamesB says:
    15 Feb15 February 09:26

    Mine was 8% for Turkey, ME and Africa only. Got the 10% Morrisons max £10, and also 10% Waitrose, max £30.

    • Jon says:
      15 Feb15 February 12:22

      Hilton must be going on a blitz then- I have a Santander offer for 8% off for Turkey, Africa, and ME stays too!

  • mark2 says:
    15 Feb15 February 09:35

    Hilton also on Lloyds at 5/8 but not my Halifax

  • Zoe says:
    15 Feb15 February 09:36

    OT for those who read blog by Dave Stringer the HFP reader who was using his Avios for travels following a lung cancer diagnosis, he now has a link on the blog for the Roy Castle Lung cancer charity. A reminder of how insignificant most of our problems are.

  • Alan says:
    15 Feb15 February 09:41

    Is this for Halifax account holders or on their credit card accounts?

    Thanks

    • Andrew says:
      15 Feb15 February 10:55

      It’s valid for Debit & Credit card use. Just log-in either via desktop site or app and check your offers.

      If you have both BoS and Halifax accounts it’s worthwhile logging in under both sites (should be the same log-in and password) as the offers can differ between the brands.

  • Scott says:
    15 Feb15 February 09:42

    Only 5% @ Morrisons on mine. 20% at Funky Pigeon, though! 🙂

  • @mkcol says:
    15 Feb15 February 09:49

    OT: I’ve got it in my head that if you’re BAEC gold then you can also have Hilton Honors gold but can’t find anything to support that – have I imagined this?
    Or have I got myself mixed up with being a BA gold guest list getting you Honors diamond?!

  • KevMc says:
    15 Feb15 February 10:05

    O/T data point:

    I had Hilton Gold (via AMEX Plat), applied for status match using my IHG Platinum, and they have matched me to Diamond.

    Question though, do I need 8 stays or 8 nights to retain it?

  • RussellH says:
    15 Feb15 February 10:11

    I have a question about disputed activity on my SPG Amex.

    Amex opened a dispute on 9 Feb because of non delivery of goods ordered and paid for on my SPG Amex on 1 Feb. The “expected resolution date” is 6 April. However, my current Amex plan is to cancel my SPG Amex around 10 March, once my current batch of Starpoints has credited (my current offer of double points for three months will have run out by then). But will cancelling the card jeopardise the dispute claim? Anyone else with any experience of this?

    I plan to take out a free BA Amex before cancelling the SPG.

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