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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Parents and children are obligated to be seated together.  They will switch you up at the gate.  They will not let an 8 year old sit alone, etc.[/quote]

In my experience, this is not true.  Like PP, I had my then two year old in one part of the plane, my 8 year old in another and me in another.  We needed a whole row together.  Flight attendants didn't help and people were not kind about moving.  It was an awful experience.  [/quote]

I have an situation coming up that i'm a little nervous about. Flying to FL and on the way back, DH, DS age 2, and I are scattered in middle seats throughout the plane. It actually didn't give me the option to select seats when I was booking and I didn't notice til I got the confirmation that we weren't seated together. I called American and actually tried to switch flights to one with more open availability... there were no other options that day (not sure she would have done it anyhow). The woman I talked to said they would make every effort at the airport to get us together... the flight is this week so we shall see what happens. Worst case scenario, since DS is only 2, I will keep him on my lap for the flight. If that ends up happening, sucks that we paid $$$$ for the seat. Ugh. [/quote]

You can't do that. Under two yes. Not a two year old. They need to be in their own seat. [/quote]

Do you have a better suggestion? On all our recent flights (at age 2+), he's wanted to sit in my lap for most of the filght anyhow. If the options are him sitting in a middle seat by himself or on my lap, I'm pretty sure on my lap will be preferred by everyone involved. [/quote]

If he is past his 2nd birthday he will have to be belted into his own seat during take-off, landing and any time when seatbelts required (turbulence) happens. Outside of those times he could sit on your lap although now many airlines want people to stay in their seats with the belts on as the default so depending on the flight they might say something. That said, i am sure someone on a flight will give up their seat when it is a 2 yr old involved. [/quote]

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