Hawaiian Airlines Unaccompanied Minors Traveling Alone

Thursday, May 13, 2021

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The provision of service for unaccompanied minors is provided by almost all big airlines. Some of them do not allow minors traveling alone for international flights. They do allow flying an unaccompanied minor in domestic flights only. A few carriers also allow traveling unaccompanied minors for connecting domestic flights too however, some do not allow even in domestic flights if there is any connecting flight involved during the journey.

When you have no option other than to send your loved ones flying alone who are minors, Hawaiian Airlines unaccompanied flight service is for you to get you satisfied completely. Get all the related information beforehand when you have decided to book a flight with Hawaiian Airlines for an unaccompanied minor. All necessary steps are taken as far as the safety and security is concerned for Hawaiian Airlines unaccompanied minors traveling alone.

Hawaiian Airlines Unaccompanied Minors Age

There are age restrictions for Hawaiian Airlines minors traveling alone. The minimum age is 5 years to be eligible to fly solo with Hawaiian Airlines. If your child is less than 5 years of age, you will not be allowed to send him/her unaccompanied in a Hawaiian flight.

Children who fall in an age group between 5 and 11 are considered Hawaiian Airlines unaccompanied minors and are allowed to fly alone. The service of unaccompanied minors is mandatory to avail for children traveling alone within the age group of 5 to 11. For younger children from ages 12 to 17, unaccompanied minor service is optional for them. If they want to avail the facility of the service, their parents or legal guardians need to inform the airlines before departure date of the flight.

If a child between age 5 to 11 is traveling with someone who is 15 years of age or older flying in the same flight and in the same cabin will not be considered unaccompanied for domestic flights. For an international flight, the companion age must be18 years or older. If the companion reservation is not in the same cabin, the child will be considered unaccompanied minors and Hawaiian Airlines unaccompanied minor form to be filled by the parents or legal guardian.

If your child is above 12 and up to 17, he/she can fly in an international flight, but some additional documents will be required then. You will have to let the concerned authority know the reason for flying all alone or with one of parents or flying with a guardian instead of parents.

Hawaiian Airlines Unaccompanied Booking

Safety and well-being of your children is the main concern of the airlines. Hawaiian Airlines give as much attention they can on the safety measurements to ensure the smooth transfer of children from departing guardian to greeting guardian. For booking of unaccompanied minors you need to call Flyofinder Hawaiian Airlines customer service number +1-571-378-7016 where you can get a complete guideline along with the confirmed reservation.

Hawaiian Airlines Unaccompanied Fee

Under the Hawaiian Airlines unaccompanied policy, the fee or service charge depends on the age group of your children and the segment of flight they take. For ages from 5 to 11, an amount of $35 per segment for domestic and neighbor islands flights is to be paid by the parents for the children traveling alone. For the flights for North American region, $100 per segment is to be paid by the guardians.

Up to two minors are accepted on a single fee if they are from an immediate family and the pick-up and drop information is the same. If there are more than 2 children of the same family with same drop and pick up location, you have to pay for each in addition to two. If there is a connecting flight for a domestic journey you need to pay separately for each segment.

An unaccompanied minor fee is subject to pay upon the arrival at the check-in area before departure. You must have to pay unaccompanied minor fee and service charges along with completing of paper works where you will be asked to fill the unaccompanied minor form before departure.

Hawaiian Airlines Unaccompanied Offs-Limit Flights

To ensure safety of the child and keep the travel time shorter for unaccompanied travelers, Hawaiian Airlines restricted some flights to book for minors based on the departure time of the flights. You cannot book Hawaiian Airlines minors flight if the departure time is between 9PM to 5 AM with some exceptions on it. If the flight is operated by Honolulu and Hawaii, it may be an exception. The second scenario would be considered as an exception, if this is the only flight of the day.

Hawaiian Airlines also does not allow booking flights for unaccompanied minors if:

• International flights including flights To and From American Samoa.
• Flights that are required overnight stay for the connecting flights.
• Any code share flights.
• Connecting flights To and From other carriers.

Other carrier’s restrictions do not apply if the flight connection is between Hawaiian Airlines and Ohana by Hawaiian operated by Empire Airlines.

Hawaiian Airlines also implements restrictions on connecting flights between Hawaiian to Hawaiian if:

• The connecting flight is the last flight of the day.
• The wait time is more than 2 hours for the connecting flight. Here is an exception where you may be allowed to book a flight with waiting time of more than 2 hours. If the next flights departure time is more than 2 years from the previous flight arrival time you can book that connecting flight on the same day not on the later day.

Hawaiian Airlines unaccompanied minors pick up and drop

Parents or legal guardians are responsible for dropping-off the children at the check-in gate. After arrival at the check-in gate, parents or legal guardians will have to fill the unaccompanied minor form. They need to give the complete details of the greeting party who is supposed to pick up the children once the scheduled flight has arrived at the destination airport. The greeting parents or legal guardian will bring the same photo identity which is mentioned on the unaccompanied minor form by the first party at the originating airport. The representative of Hawaiian Airlines will identify and confirm the greeting party’s authentication. After getting assured by the representative of the carrier, the child will be handed over to the person.

Hawaiian Airlines Unaccompanied check-in process

Seeing off parents is advised to come as early as they can so that paper works and legal formalities are completed on time. Before the check-in, you will have to pay an unaccompanied minor fee at the check-in counter of the Hawaiian Airlines and will need to fill an unaccompanied minor form. To ensure the safety of unaccompanied minor and easiness of flying alone, the Hawaiian Airlines allocated seats to the unaccompanied children on the date of departure during the check-in process. Unaccompanied minors are not allowed to check in on web thus, seeing parents is required to come physically along with the children. Parents need to come at the check-in gate and will hand over the children to the representative of Hawaiian Airlines after getting completed some paper works at the originating airport.

Hawaiian Airlines Unaccompanied minors Flight Tips for Parents

In any class of service you can book flights as per your convenience for your unaccompanied children flying all alone without a parent.

Greeting parents are requested to come early as much as he/she can at the destination airport to pick the children. Hawaiian Airlines advises the greeting party to come at least 90 minutes prior to the arrival time of the plane and get an entry pass from the airport authority.

Seeing off parents need to provide correct details of the greeting parents including names, contact number, address and details of photo identification.

Parents who have come for dropping off the children need to come to the check-in gate with the children flying alone and do not leave the area until the plane departs.

Also, read our blog United Airlines Check-in Policy.