Age and price vary on each airline's unaccompanied minors policy, SEA Airport suggests contacting your airline in advance to see what their exact policies are. Allow extra time for check in and paperwork required before the flight.
At this time the only way to get a gate pass is by contacting your airline directly. Each airline has their own policies, but usually will approve a gate pass if you are assisting unaccompanied minors. Airlines will usually allow for a parent or guardian to enter and go through security with them and will assign you a gate pass during the booking process. According to TSA , IDs for security screening need to be government-issued with a photo to help confirm your identity.
TSA does not require people under 18 to provide identification when traveling within the United States. Usually airlines don't require a form of ID for boarding and just require your boarding pass. To ask an airline question including reservations, luggage, cargo, and wheelchair services please contact your airline directly. Anyone taking a child , grandchild, or accompanying a relative or friend with a disability to a departing flight.
If you are meeting someone who falls into one of these categories, you should consider requesting an escort pass. Note : Passengers arriving from another country will have to go through Customs and Immigration before you can meet them. An escort pass will not give you access to that part of the airport.
If your loved one or friend needs assistance clearing Customs, consider arranging for a wheelchair attendant to meet him or her at the arrival gate. It is usually easy to get an escort pass. Simply go with your relative or friend to the check-in counter, request a pass, and present your photo ID. You can call ahead to get escort pass information, but you will probably be told that issuance of escort passes is determined locally by each airline. Your escort pass will allow you to go through airport security screening with your loved one or friend and accompany that person to the departure gate.
If you are picking someone up from a domestic flight, you will need to go through the airport security checkpoint before meeting that person at the arrival gate.
You will not be able to go into the Customs and Immigration hall if you are picking up a passenger who is arriving from another country. You may not be able to get an escort pass when you get to the airport. Plan ahead for this possibility:. A companion can provide disability-related assistance for you at a domestic US airport. A gate pass request must be made at the ticket counter for departing flights and noted in the reservation for arriving flights.
Just make sure the person assisting goes to the ticket counter to get the gate pass and brings a valid government issued photo ID. Issuance of gate passes is contingent upon security conditions at the time of travel, at different times or locations this accommodation may not be available. Family members who want to accompany a military service member being deployed to the boarding gate or greet them returning from deployment at the arrival gate may receive passes to enter the secure area of the airport.
Non-passenger escort passes are issued to people accompanying or meeting any of the following passengers :. Flights departing from the U. When you get to the gate, introduce yourself to the United representative at the desk and tell them that your child will be traveling alone. Flights departing from airports outside the U. American Airlines. Delta Airlines. Southwest Airlines. United Airlines.
Gone are the days where we once were able to just clear security and walk to the gate to greet arrivees. With Detroit Metro Airport as the latest addition, non-ticketed individuals can access gate areas, after security.
According to a spokesperson for DTW, the new regulations allow them to expand the gate pass program that already exists for Westin hotel guests.
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