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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Note an 11 year old flies as an unaccompanied minor. They're not going to lose their passport because the flight crew holds it for them, and they arne't going to get confused in immigration, because the staff will escort them the entire way until an adult shows up to collect them. This is different from sending your MIL on a flight -- she's an adult and doesn't get that special treatment.

Some airlines have a policy that a UM can't be seated next to a male traveling alone.[/quote]

Absent something like autism and anxiety or a tendency to get into big fights with each other, I would do it.  The additional fee you pay for UAM means they have minders.  Most airlines will require the sending off adult to stay at the departure gate until the airplane has taken off (not just pulled back from the gate) and will require the receiving adult to meet the children at the arrival gate or at customs (where they are escorted through by the airlines).  OP should really look at the airline's policy before freaking out.  :roll:

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