Traveling with a child: how to buy a ticket, discounts for children's tickets

- Well, you can forget about frequent trips, -My friend Svetlana was sad, becoming a mother. - Minus my salary, plus expenses for a children's ticket. What kind of trips are there. But, having thoroughly studied this question, Sveta became cheerful. A few months later she was already warming herself with the crumb on the seashore. "It turned out that for the child there is practically nothing to pay at all. If this, of course, is not a low-coster, - she shared with pleasant information. - But they have cheaper so far. We are interested in how much cheaper. Now tell.Photo: GettyImages

Before the children's two years

Usually there is a separate ticket for such little ones.no need to buy. The baby will spend the flight on the parent's lap, fastened with a special child belt. Very small ones can be given a cradle on board if the airline provides such a service. Now about money. Traveling with such a small passenger in Russia is generally free. An international ticket with basic airlines costs one tenth of the cost of a regular ticket. As a rule, this is not even the payment for the fare itself, but for the fuel surcharge and boarding pass. As for low-cost carriers, they, as a rule, set a fixed fare for babies. For example, at Pobeda it is 1,499 rubles for flights abroad. But there is a rule: one parent - one child. That is, if a mother travels alone with two children, then she will have to buy a ticket for the second baby at the "children's" fare. And more about low-cost airlines. It's funny, but sometimes it is even more profitable to buy a separate seat for the baby when flying on budget airlines. If a low-cost airline is running a sale, the cost of an adult ticket in this case may be half the price of the fixed child fare.

Date is important

Of course, you can always compromise.cheapness in favor of comfort. And take a separate seat for your child at a child rate. Maybe you won't put him there, but you will be able to comfortably place all the children's things, of which there will probably be a lot. Another point to pay attention to: the age of the baby will be determined not by the date when you bought the ticket, but by the day of travel. So I took my son to the south to visit his grandmother for free, to celebrate his birthday. We returned back two days later, and this ticket had already cost me a certain amount of money. Because Tim imperceptibly moved to the next category. And more about it.Photo: GettyImages

From two to twelve years

To hold a grown-up child on your lap,Agree, it is not easy. Therefore, after two years, a child is a full-fledged passenger on the flight with his own seat. And no one will carry him for free. Most low-cost airlines will charge you the full cost of the ticket, just like for an adult passenger. Large airlines offer discounts - from 25 to 50 percent of the cost of the flight. The more expensive the ticket, the greater the discount. This applies to regular flights. Children also fly on charters for full price. And more nuances - Children under five years old can fly only if accompanied by a parent or another adult passenger. - Children from 5 to 12 years old fly accompanied by an adult or under the supervision of airline personnel. In this case, the cost of a ticket for a child without adults will be full, and you will have to pay for the supervision service. Aeroflot, for example, charges 3,400 rubles for flights within Russia and 40 euros for travel abroad. - Children aged 12 to 16 can fly independently, but if necessary, they can be supervised at the request of their parents. See also: