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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you checked out other flight options?  Your husband is being silly if he thinks a 16 year old can't fly alone.  I understand not wanting him to be in a hotel for another 24 hours alone, but if he could take a flight earlier or later on the same day on another airline, etc. you might have luck.  And if DH vetoes that option, then apparently it is worth $1000 to him for your 16yo to have adult supervision while flying.

I totally agree that this parent is out of line.  How did you respond to the other mom?  At the very least, I would say, "Mrs. Richyrich, this flight change is more than double our whole budget for this trip, so it is a significant hardship for us, and we would never have agreed to this trip if the original flight cost was so high.  Are there any other options available, including allowing the boys to stay an additional day together?"[/quote]

While I agree that the other family is behaving badly here, they are also being extremely generous. What they are paying to take their son's friend on this trip far outweighs the extra expense of the return flight. I can't imagine chewing out someone who is doing something generous for my son. Yes, I would be angry, annoyed, all of that. But they don;t owe him anything else and pissing them off will just ensure that they won't encourage this friendship any more.[/quote]

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