Hello,
We won't finalize the adoption of our son until late fall but we need to book plane tickets for a family trips soon. Since we haven't finalized we don't have a birth certificate and only have a letter of guardianship. Does any of this matter? Do the airlines ask for a baby's birth certificate when flying?
Thanks.
Angela
Re: Flying with baby without a birth certificate
"I have four children. Two are adopted. I forget which two. -Bob Constantine
"All for Love,' a Saviour prayed 'Abba Father have Your way. Though they know not what they do...Let the Cross draw men to You...."
We flew several times without DD's birth cert- I had a travel letter from our case worker and her shot record in case they had to verify that she was under 2, she was a lap child.
Even now that DD"s adoption I won't bring her birth cert, just her shot records and/or her passport if necessary.
::lurking::
We just flew with our 2 kids and they didn't ask for ID for either of them, and they had seats.
Yes, they had seats, so there was no reason to ask. The cutoff for a lap child (not paying for a seat for them) is 2 years of age, so if the child is close to that age someone may ask to be sure you're not cheating the system.
DD had her own seat on a SWA flight and no one asked for any ID.