At what age do you have to pay for DC when flying?

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We're hoping to go to berlin with DD - returning one day short of her 2nd birthday. Does anyone know if we would have to buy a ticket for her or would she travel for free?

We didn't have to pay for my ds when we flew back from italy 3 weeks prior to turning 2. I believe 2 is the cut off so I'd have thought you'd be ok returning day before.

You have to pay from the date they turn 2 - check with the airline, but the rule with the ones we have used that if they turn 2 during a trip you need a paid for ticket on the return journey.

Thanks, feedthegoat. Did your DS sit on your knee during the flight? I'm just thinking that if DD sits in chair, we'd have to pay for the seat??
And, am probably going to book over the internet but there's nothing on there where you declare you will be travelling with an infant

Who are you booking with? Because it depends on the airline. Some low cost airlines charge a fixed fee for infants (= under 2), I know Ryanair do.

Infants are not entitled to a seat and must sit on your lap with infant seatbelt for take-off and landing, but if you happen to have a spare seat beside you there's no reason you can't use it during the flight.

DS is usually more expensive than DH and I when we fly with Ryanair, even though he's under two. As well as being the most expensive ticket to buy he also gets no seat, no baggage allocation and can't take any hand luggage.

Lufthansa - going to book via the moneysupermarket website.

Just gone through all this - we are off to Tenerife tomorrow, ds is 2 while we are away.

Apparently it is the "law" that once they turn 2 they must have a seat. So if you they turn 2 while you are away then you can book as infant for the way out (tax only usually) then as a child on the way back. We ended up booking ds as a child for both outward and return, just to make sure that he had a seat as the thought of having a 2 stone toddler on my knee for 4 1/2 hours was not appealing.

If you dc doesnt turn 2 until you return then you can book as an infant as they will still be under 2, although it might be worth booking a seat if it isnt much extra?

Yes he was on our knees. Thankfully it was a full on family trip with 10 adults, plenty of knees to go round.

But on the moneysupermarket website there doesn't seem to be anywhere to declare you have an under two - has anyone experienced this?
just don;t want to book flights and be turned away when we check in

maybe I should phone airline

I think I would ring to check. We booked at a travel agent (or should I say my mum did!) so we didn't come across this.

If you go through money supermarket, once you ge a price it gives you a link to go to the website - does it not give you an option then to select age?

Have you tried booking direct with the airline?

Thanks Geordieminx.
Went through as if to buy tickets now, and it does give you an option to declare your under-2 and whether you want DC on lap or not. I declared DC on lap and it will cost me £13