How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
Mar 5th 2007, 4:48 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:42:57 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>(These are the same children who can be taken to restaurants
> and public functions without annoying the other patrons.)
Mine!
)
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<[email protected]> wrote:
>(These are the same children who can be taken to restaurants
> and public functions without annoying the other patrons.)
Mine!
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Mar 5th 2007, 4:59 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:48:36 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:42:57 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
... <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >(These are the same children who can be taken to restaurants
... > and public functions without annoying the other patrons.)
...
... Mine!)
Except when they destroy English pubs.
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
... On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:42:57 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
... <[email protected]> wrote:
...
... >(These are the same children who can be taken to restaurants
... > and public functions without annoying the other patrons.)
...
... Mine!
)Except when they destroy English pubs.
Mar 5th 2007, 5:57 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
Martin schrieb:
> On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:04:58 +0100, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) schrieb:
>>>
>>> Tom Peel wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> we have an interesting problem- we want to book a vacation flight in
>>>> July with our daughter and her baby. The only problem is, the baby
>>>> isn't there yet, so there's no d.o.b. and no name known.
>>>> However, the airline wants this info in order to issue a ticket. We
>>>> thought maybe we could just book for the adults and add the baby
>>>> later, but we can't do an online booking for a baby without booking an
>>>> adult as well. Duhh.
>>>> Anyone done this?
>>> Why would anyone WANT to? If it's only a "vacation"? If your daughter
>>> were relocating to another country, she might really NEED to travel with
>>> an infant that young. If the travel is purely recreational, why not
>>> postpone it a bit? Traveling with an infant can be stressful, and very
>>> young children don't have much in the way of acquired immunities to the
>>> various illnesses to which travelers are exposed.
>>>> T.
>> Some of us only get vacation once a year.
>
> In Germany? Unbelievable.
Living in the past again?
> On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:04:58 +0100, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) schrieb:
>>>
>>> Tom Peel wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> we have an interesting problem- we want to book a vacation flight in
>>>> July with our daughter and her baby. The only problem is, the baby
>>>> isn't there yet, so there's no d.o.b. and no name known.
>>>> However, the airline wants this info in order to issue a ticket. We
>>>> thought maybe we could just book for the adults and add the baby
>>>> later, but we can't do an online booking for a baby without booking an
>>>> adult as well. Duhh.
>>>> Anyone done this?
>>> Why would anyone WANT to? If it's only a "vacation"? If your daughter
>>> were relocating to another country, she might really NEED to travel with
>>> an infant that young. If the travel is purely recreational, why not
>>> postpone it a bit? Traveling with an infant can be stressful, and very
>>> young children don't have much in the way of acquired immunities to the
>>> various illnesses to which travelers are exposed.
>>>> T.
>> Some of us only get vacation once a year.
>
> In Germany? Unbelievable.
Living in the past again?
Mar 5th 2007, 6:02 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
Martin schrieb:
> On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:06:38 +0100, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Martin schrieb:
>>> On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:58:28 +0100, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> we have an interesting problem- we want to book a vacation flight in
>>>> July with our daughter and her baby. The only problem is, the baby isn't
>>>> there yet, so there's no d.o.b. and no name known.
>>>> However, the airline wants this info in order to issue a ticket. We
>>>> thought maybe we could just book for the adults and add the baby later,
>>>> but we can't do an online booking for a baby without booking an adult as
>>>> well. Duhh.
>>>> Anyone done this?
>>> The baby doesn't get a seat.
>> Correct.
>>
>>
>> I don't understand why the airline is making an
>>> issue of it.
>> They are not. But their online booking system is.
>>
>> If you just book two seats now isn't that sufficient? You can
>>> always buy the baby's ticket later????
>> No you can't. You can only book the baby's ticket together with an adult.
>
> It depends on the airline.
>
> Which airline are you using?
At last, a serious on topic response, thankyou Martin thankyou!
HLX, now part of TUIFly. Their callcentre is one of those 01805 numbers
that will bankrupt you listening to "All our lines are busy, please hold
the line".
Which is why I asked the eternal infinite wisdom of the group, but get
a discussion about babies on planes instead.
T.
> On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:06:38 +0100, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Martin schrieb:
>>> On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 12:58:28 +0100, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi
>>>>
>>>> we have an interesting problem- we want to book a vacation flight in
>>>> July with our daughter and her baby. The only problem is, the baby isn't
>>>> there yet, so there's no d.o.b. and no name known.
>>>> However, the airline wants this info in order to issue a ticket. We
>>>> thought maybe we could just book for the adults and add the baby later,
>>>> but we can't do an online booking for a baby without booking an adult as
>>>> well. Duhh.
>>>> Anyone done this?
>>> The baby doesn't get a seat.
>> Correct.
>>
>>
>> I don't understand why the airline is making an
>>> issue of it.
>> They are not. But their online booking system is.
>>
>> If you just book two seats now isn't that sufficient? You can
>>> always buy the baby's ticket later????
>> No you can't. You can only book the baby's ticket together with an adult.
>
> It depends on the airline.
>
> Which airline are you using?
At last, a serious on topic response, thankyou Martin thankyou!
HLX, now part of TUIFly. Their callcentre is one of those 01805 numbers
that will bankrupt you listening to "All our lines are busy, please hold
the line".
Which is why I asked the eternal infinite wisdom of the group, but get
a discussion about babies on planes instead.
T.
Mar 5th 2007, 6:17 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
Yes, just book one ticket online and then call the airline with your
ticket number and let them know about your situation.
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On Mar 4, 3:58 am, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> we have an interesting problem- we want to book a vacation flight in
> July with our daughter and her baby. The only problem is, the baby isn't
> there yet, so there's no d.o.b. and no name known.
> However, the airline wants this info in order to issue a ticket. We
> thought maybe we could just book for the adults and add the baby later,
> but we can't do an online booking for a baby without booking an adult as
> well. Duhh.
> Anyone done this?
>
> T.
ticket number and let them know about your situation.
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On Mar 4, 3:58 am, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> we have an interesting problem- we want to book a vacation flight in
> July with our daughter and her baby. The only problem is, the baby isn't
> there yet, so there's no d.o.b. and no name known.
> However, the airline wants this info in order to issue a ticket. We
> thought maybe we could just book for the adults and add the baby later,
> but we can't do an online booking for a baby without booking an adult as
> well. Duhh.
> Anyone done this?
>
> T.
Mar 5th 2007, 7:39 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
jessica_smith_nyc schrieb:
>
Did you ever stop to wonder why we didn't do just that?
Budget airlines here use extortioniate call center telephone numbers to
handle customer questions. They make almost as much money on customer
phone calls as they do flying customers around.
T.
Yes, just book one ticket online and then call the airline with your
> ticket number and let them know about your situation.
>
> -----
> http://www.moviesitearchive.com/travel
>
> On Mar 4, 3:58 am, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> we have an interesting problem- we want to book a vacation flight in
>> July with our daughter and her baby. The only problem is, the baby isn't
>> there yet, so there's no d.o.b. and no name known.
>> However, the airline wants this info in order to issue a ticket. We
>> thought maybe we could just book for the adults and add the baby later,
>> but we can't do an online booking for a baby without booking an adult as
>> well. Duhh.
>> Anyone done this?
>>
>> T.
>
>
>
Did you ever stop to wonder why we didn't do just that?
Budget airlines here use extortioniate call center telephone numbers to
handle customer questions. They make almost as much money on customer
phone calls as they do flying customers around.
T.
Yes, just book one ticket online and then call the airline with your
> ticket number and let them know about your situation.
>
> -----
> http://www.moviesitearchive.com/travel
>
> On Mar 4, 3:58 am, Tom Peel <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi
>>
>> we have an interesting problem- we want to book a vacation flight in
>> July with our daughter and her baby. The only problem is, the baby isn't
>> there yet, so there's no d.o.b. and no name known.
>> However, the airline wants this info in order to issue a ticket. We
>> thought maybe we could just book for the adults and add the baby later,
>> but we can't do an online booking for a baby without booking an adult as
>> well. Duhh.
>> Anyone done this?
>>
>> T.
>
>
Mar 5th 2007, 8:04 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you were on a small craft, one assumes there were not
> hundreds of fellow-passengers to consider!
Heaven forbid that Fellow Passengers should be exposed to the fact that
small children are Not Silent !!!
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> If you were on a small craft, one assumes there were not
> hundreds of fellow-passengers to consider!
Heaven forbid that Fellow Passengers should be exposed to the fact that
small children are Not Silent !!!
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Mar 5th 2007, 8:06 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
Mister Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:
> EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > If you were on a small craft, one assumes there were not
> > hundreds of fellow-passengers to consider!
>
> Heaven forbid that Fellow Passengers should be exposed to the fact that
> small children are Not Silent !!!
First it was the ravage of disease, now the noise. She should make her
mind up.
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> EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > If you were on a small craft, one assumes there were not
> > hundreds of fellow-passengers to consider!
>
> Heaven forbid that Fellow Passengers should be exposed to the fact that
> small children are Not Silent !!!
First it was the ravage of disease, now the noise. She should make her
mind up.
--
(*) ... of the royal duchy of city south and deansgate
David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net
(don't email yahoo address) usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk
Mar 5th 2007, 8:09 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*):
> Mister Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > If you were on a small craft, one assumes there were not
> > > hundreds of fellow-passengers to consider!
> >
> > Heaven forbid that Fellow Passengers should be exposed to the fact that
> > small children are Not Silent !!!
>
> First it was the ravage of disease, now the noise.
What about the smell?
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Erick
> Mister Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > If you were on a small craft, one assumes there were not
> > > hundreds of fellow-passengers to consider!
> >
> > Heaven forbid that Fellow Passengers should be exposed to the fact that
> > small children are Not Silent !!!
>
> First it was the ravage of disease, now the noise.
What about the smell?
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Erick
Mar 5th 2007, 8:10 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mister Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > If you were on a small craft, one assumes there were not
> > > hundreds of fellow-passengers to consider!
> >
> > Heaven forbid that Fellow Passengers should be exposed to the fact that
> > small children are Not Silent !!!
>
> First it was the ravage of disease, now the noise. She should make her
> mind up.
Air travel is a risky undertaking these days - and that's even without
KLM food!
B
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> Mister Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > If you were on a small craft, one assumes there were not
> > > hundreds of fellow-passengers to consider!
> >
> > Heaven forbid that Fellow Passengers should be exposed to the fact that
> > small children are Not Silent !!!
>
> First it was the ravage of disease, now the noise. She should make her
> mind up.
Air travel is a risky undertaking these days - and that's even without
KLM food!
B
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Mar 5th 2007, 9:35 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 22:09:42 +0100, Erick T. Barkhuis
<[email protected]> wrote:
>David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*):
>> Mister Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > > If you were on a small craft, one assumes there were not
>> > > hundreds of fellow-passengers to consider!
>> >
>> > Heaven forbid that Fellow Passengers should be exposed to the fact that
>> > small children are Not Silent !!!
>>
>> First it was the ravage of disease, now the noise.
>
>What about the smell?
of unwashed bodies/socks/feet? Air Inter used to be the airline for that.
--
Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*):
>> Mister Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > > If you were on a small craft, one assumes there were not
>> > > hundreds of fellow-passengers to consider!
>> >
>> > Heaven forbid that Fellow Passengers should be exposed to the fact that
>> > small children are Not Silent !!!
>>
>> First it was the ravage of disease, now the noise.
>
>What about the smell?
of unwashed bodies/socks/feet? Air Inter used to be the airline for that.
--
Martin
Mar 5th 2007, 9:36 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
Let is be knownst that on Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:39:49 +0100, Tom Peel
<[email protected]> writted:
>jessica_smith_nyc schrieb:
>>
>
>Did you ever stop to wonder why we didn't do just that?
>Budget airlines here use extortioniate call center telephone numbers to
>handle customer questions. They make almost as much money on customer
>phone calls as they do flying customers around.
Gotta love some of the quality replies you got on this one!
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<[email protected]> writted:
>jessica_smith_nyc schrieb:
>>
>
>Did you ever stop to wonder why we didn't do just that?
>Budget airlines here use extortioniate call center telephone numbers to
>handle customer questions. They make almost as much money on customer
>phone calls as they do flying customers around.
Gotta love some of the quality replies you got on this one!
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Mar 5th 2007, 9:37 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:46:42 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>Martin wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:39:46 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:52:37 -0500, S Viemeister
>>>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I think my first trip in a plane I was a month old. I'm glad my parents
>>>>>>had a nice time showing me off to relatives abroad. Have you considered
>>>>>>that maybe it would be a fun thing for daughter, baby and no doubt very
>>>>>>proud grandparent(s) to take a vacation? The baby likely won't remember
>>>>>>having the trip, but I doubt that the happy relatives around the baby
>>>>>>will have a harmful effect. Indeed, I think the benefits of that bonding
>>>>>>far outweigh your 'disease' scaremongering.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>That beats my first trip - I was nine months old.
>>>>
>>>>My son had his first sailing boat trip one November, when he was three weeks
>>>>old.
>>>
>>>I'm waiting on Evelyn to barge in and lecture you on your priorities.
>>
>>
>> I have a licence, I know my priorities when I am sailing.
>
>If you were on a small craft, one assumes there were not
>hundreds of fellow-passengers to consider!
Did you suspect that we were once "boat people"?
> (And that the
>boy was well-supervised for his own safety.)
He slept through the whole thing.
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Martin
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>Martin wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 15:39:46 +0000, [email protected] (David Horne, _the_
>> chancellor (*)) wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:52:37 -0500, S Viemeister
>>>><[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>I think my first trip in a plane I was a month old. I'm glad my parents
>>>>>>had a nice time showing me off to relatives abroad. Have you considered
>>>>>>that maybe it would be a fun thing for daughter, baby and no doubt very
>>>>>>proud grandparent(s) to take a vacation? The baby likely won't remember
>>>>>>having the trip, but I doubt that the happy relatives around the baby
>>>>>>will have a harmful effect. Indeed, I think the benefits of that bonding
>>>>>>far outweigh your 'disease' scaremongering.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>That beats my first trip - I was nine months old.
>>>>
>>>>My son had his first sailing boat trip one November, when he was three weeks
>>>>old.
>>>
>>>I'm waiting on Evelyn to barge in and lecture you on your priorities.
>>
>>
>> I have a licence, I know my priorities when I am sailing.
>
>If you were on a small craft, one assumes there were not
>hundreds of fellow-passengers to consider!
Did you suspect that we were once "boat people"?
> (And that the
>boy was well-supervised for his own safety.)
He slept through the whole thing.
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Martin
Mar 5th 2007, 9:38 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:59:50 +0100, Magda <[email protected]> wrote:
>On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:48:36 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:42:57 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
> ... <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> ... >(These are the same children who can be taken to restaurants
> ... > and public functions without annoying the other patrons.)
> ...
> ... Mine!)
>
>Except when they destroy English pubs.
Wrong tense, my kids are in their twenties.
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Martin
>On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 18:48:36 +0100, in rec.travel.europe, Martin <[email protected]>
>arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:
>
> ... On Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:42:57 -0700, "EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)"
> ... <[email protected]> wrote:
> ...
> ... >(These are the same children who can be taken to restaurants
> ... > and public functions without annoying the other patrons.)
> ...
> ... Mine!
)>
>Except when they destroy English pubs.
Wrong tense, my kids are in their twenties.
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Martin
Mar 5th 2007, 9:39 pm
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Re: How to book a flight for someone who isn't born yet
On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 22:10:58 +0100, [email protected] (Mister Bartlett) wrote:
>David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Mister Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > > If you were on a small craft, one assumes there were not
>> > > hundreds of fellow-passengers to consider!
>> >
>> > Heaven forbid that Fellow Passengers should be exposed to the fact that
>> > small children are Not Silent !!!
>>
>> First it was the ravage of disease, now the noise. She should make her
>> mind up.
>
>Air travel is a risky undertaking these days - and that's even without
>KLM food!
and DVT.
--
Martin
>David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Mister Bartlett <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> > EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> > > If you were on a small craft, one assumes there were not
>> > > hundreds of fellow-passengers to consider!
>> >
>> > Heaven forbid that Fellow Passengers should be exposed to the fact that
>> > small children are Not Silent !!!
>>
>> First it was the ravage of disease, now the noise. She should make her
>> mind up.
>
>Air travel is a risky undertaking these days - and that's even without
>KLM food!
and DVT.
--
Martin