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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. 
It's not going to work because she has to fly American (it's the only airline with direct flights to this destination) and she's flown with them in the past.  I can't imagine I can book a new ticket for the same name and same billing address but change the birth date without raising some sort of flag.

If it wasn't for this I would just have her change her birth date by a month for the booking.  [/quote]

This is the unavoidable logistics problem, I think.  Unless she can fly a different airline.  (Ethics aside ... and I am a rule-follower, as is my child, but given the airlines' attachment to outrageous fees I can understand the temptation).  United, for example, definitely has my kid's birthdate in their system if we log into my account and/or use her frequent flyer number.  I might be tempted to try purchasing as a "guest" without using her frequent flyer number and see if you can buy a ticket without the system automatically applying the fee.[/quote]

OP here.  I wouldn't use her frequent flier number but even so her name and our home (billing) address are in their system with her correct age because we have purchased tickets for her before on this airline.  They would identify her real age fairly easily in this way. If it was an airline we never used before I could get away with fudging the birth date but as it is, I don't think I can.
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