Different Tickets

Hi there,

I am wondering if you can help me,

- First of all is it that somebody has to be over the age of 16 to be able to fly on there own with out an adult, or is it 18 because I think that if your under the age of 16 you have to have the unacompanied minors service?

- Secondly is it possible to buy a standby ticket with Virgin Atlantic because for example if I know that the loads on a flight are really low for example I would be able to buy a standby ticket which would be significantly cheaper, or is this not possible with Virgin Atlantic???

any help will be appreciated,

Thanks

[Darren Wheeler]

The minimum age for flying unaccompanied on VS is 16.

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Is far as I know, the only way to do a standby with VS is to actually attend the airport and speak to the ticket sales esk. Which route are you looking at?

Wow there's a good question ... I've not heard of people booking standby tickets in an age, but ... haven't they been killed by security. For example if standing by to the US would your ESTA be all OK?

[Nottingham Nick]

Virgin don't sell standby tickets to members of the public.

I don't know the policy for other airlines.

Nick

[Scrooge]

Standby by is a thing of the past unless your on a staff ticket.

Thanks for your replys,

I was just checking because I was thinking of sending my two kids out to Orlando to meet some friends but the eldest is 16 so I just wondered whether my eldest would be able to look after my youngest who is 14.

The reason I asked about standby tickets was just because well if I can see that the loads for the flight are low it would be cheaper to get standby tickets and well im a bit of a cheapskate [:)]

Thanks for your help

[buns]

quote:Originally posted by Dave2009
Thanks for your replys,


The reason I asked about standby tickets was just because well if I can see that the loads for the flight are low it would be cheaper to get standby tickets and well im a bit of a cheapskate [:)]



I just remember when there were standby tickets and joining a line in Miami Airport behind people who had been waiting a week to return to the UK[:0] Needless to say, I never travelled Standby again.

buns

It's quite likely that, once you extract taxes and fees (which you would have to pay anyway) the cheapest ticket you would be able to buy for FL would end up not being priced much differently than the standby tickets of old. If you find an empty flight and are looking at some of the very cheapest fare buckets, it's going to be a couple of hundred quid plus taxes. Seem to remember 99 pounds each way LON-NY back in the day was the fare my older cousin paid when he went out. Accounting for inflation, even though standby's been eliminated you're paying a lot less today than you were when standby was available.

Last year I was going to brave standby to San fran so priced it up, 318 sby and 349 confirmed in Y... needless to say I ended up buying a confirmed ticket, for the 31 extra, it was worth it for the peace of mind (and the miles)