Get Swiss Handling Advice For An Unaccompanied Minor 2019-2025

How do unaccompanied minors go through TSA? Children are required to check in at the airport ticket counter if traveling alone, and parents can opt for a “gate pass” to accompany their kids through Transportation Security Administration screening to the departure gate. Some airlines require this.

If traveling under unaccompanied-minor procedures, he or she will be escorted onto the airplane during pre-boarding. Airline policies call for a positive hand-off of your child from one employee to the next. At the destination, the person meeting your child may have to show ID (many airlines require photo ID).

Most U.S. airlines will permit children who have reached their fifth birthday to travel unaccompanied. Kids ages 5 through 11 who are flying alone must usually travel pursuant to special “unaccompanied minor” procedures. On some airlines, these procedures are required for unaccompanied children as old as 14.

Going through security If your kids are flying out of a U.S. airport, you'll get a gate pass during check-in and go with them to the gate. If they're flying out of an international airport, there may be additional restrictions in place. In these cases, an agent will meet you at the ticket counter and take them.

If your child is traveling alone by air, the airline may require you to submit an unaccompanied minor form and pay a fee for unaccompanied minor service. This service provides an airline employee escort for your child at the airport and on board the plane.

Children traveling alone For safety, we require children age 5 – 14 traveling alone to use our unaccompanied minor service. This service is optional for children age 15 – 17, but if requested, then the fee applies. The unaccompanied minor fee is $150 each way, plus applicable taxes*, in addition to the ticket price.

Our unaccompanied minors (UM) service will take care of your child before, during and after the flight when they travel alone. This service is compulsory for an UM under 12 years of age. You can also book this service on request for minors between 12 and 17 years of age.

The child will be escorted onto the aircraft by an Employee before general boarding begins and will be introduced to the Flight Attendant as an Unaccompanied Minor. You must stay in the gate area until the child's flight is in the air—we'll let you know when you can leave the boarding area.

If you would like to fly with SWISS on your own, your parents have to call the Service Centre in advance and book for you. Incidentally, children aged 12 and over are allowed to fly completely on their own too, but of course they are allocated an escort if they require one.