It’s unclear here what the policy change was since the summary doesn’t actually say. NYT wants me to pay them so that’s too bad.
My 10 year old flies alone as an “unaccompanied minor” to her grandparents house with WestJet and Air Canada. This is a paid service where the airline takes kids aged 8-11 and is responsible for them between security and the baggage carousel (single flights only, no connections). There are many rules about who picks the kid up on the other side and how long you need to stay at the airport after dropping them off (until the plane is in the air) so I’m shocked if kids in this kind of program are ever left without an available guardian.
Kids 12 and up seem to be able to fly as adults and so my older daughter does that instead. I can see things getting dicey with this age group if things start getting cancelled.
Alternative sources indicate that Delta isn’t letting minors that are flying as adults check in without an adult without actually telling anyone ahead of time. This is madness.
