Discount flight tickets for child visitation?
Posted in Air Travel on 12/06/2009 03:20 am by admin
Question for anyone who can help…..
My boyfriends ex wife moved out of state with their children. He went to court to fight it because she had no reason to leave besides to leave…and she won and was able to move. Laws in this state didnt help the father out. The father is now required to pay for airfare (his and children) every other month (even though she is one that wanted to move). The children are at an age where they shouldnt fly alone, so he needs to fly and pick them up, fly back, and then 3 days later fly there to drop off and come back again.
The tickets are outrageous, because he is gonna have to fly and come back in the same day. Does anyone know if there are any flight discounts or anything for people who have child visitation?
This may be a dumb question, but any help would be greatly appreciated.
It’s going to end up being 1500 or more for these flights every other month and didnt know if there was anything for this sort of thing
Thanks so much!
ROY
12/08/2009 at 11:45 pm
STACY
No, there are no discounts for child visitation. Same-day round trips are typically the most expensive way to fly.
Since you don’t mention cities, it’s hard to give you any specifics. There are some no-frills airlines that are less expensive than the big carriers, such as Skybus, Spirit, and AirTran. Check if any of them fly the route. Also, you may want to visit your local travel agent. They can check fares from all of the airlines and give you advice on how to do it as cheaply as possible. They may charge you a service fee, but that could be a lot cheaper than doing it on your own and missing a good fare.
12/12/2009 at 9:05 am
ANGELO
you know what you might do….
make the first outbound trip a one-way
then combine the return & the next outbound a round-trip…that way there is a little lag between the flights, and you don’t hit that “same day round trip” expensive flight!