The 2024 Spring Festival travel has begun, and the number of civil aviation passengers is expected to reach 80 million during this year's Spring Festival, which is expected to hit a record high. In the Spring Festival travel team, a considerable part of them are parent-child families, and many consumers have such troubles: the children are not big, the cost is not small, how to buy affordable air tickets for children?
Child tickets are 50% off the full price
**Tickets are only two or three folds
Buying a child ticket is not cost-effective at all. The ticket for a 3-year-old child turned out to be more expensive than the **. Ms. Guo, a citizen, said that after reading this newspaper's recent report on winter vacation travel, she also wanted to take her children to Nanjing for a vacation during the winter vacation, but when she bought air tickets, she found that children's air tickets were more expensive. "From Fuzhou to Nanjing, the preferential air ticket is 330 yuan per person. But my 3-year-old son, ** is 610 yuan. I don't understand why. ”
The reporter contacted the relevant airlines on this issue. The person in charge of the Fuzhou business department of the airline told reporters that according to the relevant provisions of the "Rules for Domestic Transport of Passengers and Baggage of China's Civil Aviation" revised in 2004, infants aged 0 to 2 years old need to purchase infant tickets when taking the plane, and they will be charged at 10% of the ** fare of the same flight, without charging fuel surcharges and airport construction fees; Children between the ages of 2 and 12 will be charged 50% of the fare for the same flight**, with half of the fuel surcharge and airport construction fees free of charge. Therefore, in this voyage, the **special ticket** is 330 yuan, and the children's ticket is 1220 yuan with a 5% discount on the full price, so it is 610 yuan.
So, why can't children's tickets be discounted at half of the **ticket*** grid?
The above-mentioned person in charge said that according to domestic regulations, children's tickets are 50% of the **full price ticket, and the full price ticket here is the original ticket without any discount. "Because most of the air tickets purchased by ** passengers are discounted air tickets, such as two-fold and three-fold tickets in the off-season. As a result, these tickets are discounted at a lower price than children's tickets. Also, children's tickets are generally less discounted. ”
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So, how can you buy a cheaper ticket for your child?
The relevant person in charge of the relevant airlines and the ** travel platform Fujian region said that in the case of more expensive children's tickets, you can directly choose ** air tickets.
Most airlines already allow children to purchase discounted** tickets. The specific operation method is: when paying on the ticketing platform, you can place an order with the child with **, do not select the child ticket in the "type" column, and directly select **, so that the ** order is counted according to the ** ticket.
However, some ticketing systems do not support children booking adult** tickets, and the system will restrict the order from being placed. At this time, the solution is: when adding passengers, select "Other" for the child's ID card, and fill in the ID card number, so that you can choose the ** ticket.
Another way is: vote **, but fill in the child's information, and then pay after confirmation by customer service.
If I am entitled to a more favourable** fare, can the airport construction fee and fuel surcharge still be charged at the same rate as a child fare? The answer is "no". Industry insiders said that if a ** ticket is purchased for a child, then the airport construction fee and fuel surcharge, as well as the cost of refund and change will be as high as the ** ticket. When purchasing tickets, parent-child families can choose a more favorable plan to travel according to the prompts of the platform.
In addition, on international flights, the discount for child tickets is different, usually starting at 75% of the ** fare. Families with children who choose to travel across borders during the Spring Festival need to pay attention to the regulations of different airlines. When purchasing a ticket, the user may also be required to provide supporting documents to prove the age of the child, including a birth certificate, passport or other valid identification. (Reporter Jiang Hai).