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[quote=Anonymous]My now 6th grader fractured her ankle in kindergarten. She was in a walking boot, but I told her she had to use the wheelchair when we connected in Atlanta - it was too far and too slow with her in her boot. When we landed in Savannah, GA, for some reason she was really embarrassed for my parents to see her in the wheel chair. We declined it and just walked slow. In Atlanta we declined the person waiting to wheel her onto the plane - but we did do pre-board which I hadn’t used before. I was traveling with her and my 1 year old and the person said it wasn’t for families with young children and told us to wait. I then pointed out that she was in a walking boot and they let us preboard. My husband was flying a few days later and managing Atlanta alone was WAY easier with a wheelchair. I haven’t abused the system but I’d be tempted! In terms of paying, in our case she fractured her ankle a few days before we flew. It’s not like you can anticipate the cost and factor that in to whether or not to fly. I would have happily paid for the service (and tipped $20), but I don’t know if everyone can / would and then you have people hobbling along and slowing things up or, heaven forbid, someone collapsing or having a similar medial emergency because they didn’t spring for a wheelchair. [/quote]

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