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[quote=Anonymous]OP please tell us the age of BOTH kids.  I have a 15 YO and and 11 YO.  I would let 15 escort 11.

Last summer I sent 14 YO alone to Boston to visit her Aunt.  I did this intentionally so she'd have to learn to fly alone.  Of course we've been practicing for years - making her find and lead the way through the airport.

Now, a short domestic flight is different from a long intl flight.  What if the kid loses her passport?  Gets stopped by TSA or immigration?  Makes a mistake like bringing a fruit in her bag into the wrong country?

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What if they get diverted to another airport, do they have the skills to get a cab, get a hotel room, get back to the airport?  A lot can go wrong while flying.  Once when I was right out of college in my first job, flying for work (I was in sales) My flight was cancelled so the airline put us in a limo to our small regional airport in TN as I recall.  The limo driver drove us to the closed, dark, shut down airport and was going to leave us there.  No workers.  No taxis.  When I complained he said, "This is where I was paid to take you".  I had to bribe him, literally, to drive us to civilization.

Op if there is NO way to avoid it, I would go along as an escort.  Take my own vacation.  It sucks when you have to protect your kid from their own dad's idiocy.  I get it.  Been doing it for years.  But it's our own fault for reproducing with A holes.  Some day your kids will realize you did this for them and be grateful.  And yes, my ex seemed like a nice, responsible guy pre-kids too.  I get it, I get it, I get it.  
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