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Originally Posted by oceangaia
That's not what we were talking about. Try to Read for Comprehension now.
lvmench said "The ticket belongs to the father. I have traveled on occasions with groups of six and seven when all the tickets were mine and I even carried them."
afternooncoffee replie "And one certainly cannot purchase a group of tickets and just distribute them to whomever they choose. "I even carried them"...?? Just because Dad physically carries the tickets doesn't mean he can hand them out to just anyone.  They have names of specific people on them."
To which you replied "That depends on each airline's policy"
To which I replied "I challenge you to provide one commercial airline policy that does not require a ticket be issued to a specific name or allows a passenger to fly on someone else's ticket."
Nobody ever said there wasn't ever a procedure to change a ticket. The point is clearly (to everyone but you, apparently) that one person cannnot just buy a bunch of tickets and designate on travel day who flies on the tickets. The name on the ticket must match the name of the passenger. And it's TSA controlling, not the airline (so you're wrong again).
It is called TSA Secure Flight.
https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening
Secure Flight is a risk-based passenger prescreening program that enhances security by identifying low and high-risk passengers before they arrive at the airport by matching their names against trusted traveler lists and watchlists.
From the FAQ on Southwest.
Secure Flight conducts uniform prescreening of passenger information against federal government watch lists for domestic and international flights. The TSA has taken over this responsibility from aircraft operators. |
This has been how it has been since 2001/2 when TSA got far more stringent in light of 9/11. I imagine that the method lvmench mentioned was pre 2001. That said, that is speculation. I hate to speculate because it muddies the facts. This situation with the lack of truth is entirely muddied because only the airline and the father have come forward, not any witnesses to confirm either side like most of the recent airline situations of late has turned into.
My posts have used the overlapped parts of the two sides of the story. FA comes and tells father that he can't use that car seat and he has to lap pass the kid, and at best misrepresented FAA rules and regulations. Then the FA comes by after the father finally relented and bumped them off the flight with no reason given from either side.
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