My 16 year old daughter was due to fly unaccompanied from Vancouver to Seattle, Seattle to Atlanta, and Atlanta to Tampa starting on Sunday evening through Monday morning, following a 3 week study abroad program. When we first read the news about the “pause,” a Delta employee said it didn’t apply to her as she wasn’t 15 or under. While she was waiting to depart Vancouver, her Seattle to Atlanta flight was cancelled and they offered to rebook her on a later flight, warning it would involve waiting “a few hours” in Seattle. Only after going through security did they tell her “a few hours” meant 15. Luckily we had a friend in Seattle who was willing to pick her up and let her stay the night before getting her back to the airport for her 10am flight that was subsequently delayed til 1pm, and then again to 3pm (all times local.) We were also informed that Vancouver shouldn’t have let her on the plane to start with due to the pause on minors flying but that they would let her board in Seattle. Thankfully she had a seat number because the plane had about 250 people on standby and working through that list delayed the flight another hour. She made it to Atlanta around 11pm last night and rather than trying to find a flight out of there, her mom drove 9 hours from southwest FL to pick her up & they are on the way back now. One last twist, before the flight to Atlanta took off, they removed her checked bag and put it on a plane to Salt Lake City.
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