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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How about airlines set an age limit on when child can fly without sitting next to parent?  Then if kids are under that age and no seats are available together, airlines will not let parents book that flight.  Please do not book separate seats and expect other passengers to accomodate your needs.  What if passengers seated next to you or child have a lap child?  They surely will not switch their aisle for a middle seat.  [/quote]

Rules exist for children in car seats, for example. Every airline I have flown has indicated that the car seat must be placed in a seat that does not obstruct aisle access. Usually, this means "window seat. I flew internationally with DD when she was almost 1 and we were seated in the center section of a large plane (3 seats wide). I was told that the seat had to be placed in the middle seat, so that the passengers in the aisle seats on both sides could access the aisle.

That said, I think the likelihood of airlines "not allowing" someone to book a flight is unlikely. For starters, you don't select passengers until the end of the booking process. They require the age of the child to be entered, so I suspect that they COULD prioritize seating a parent and a child under a certain age together (they have the data) but choose not to.[/quote]

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