How to Book a Flight Traveling With an Infant at HotWire

Booking airplane tickets can seem like a daunting task, especially when you're traveling with an infant. With the advent of Internet ticketing, the process is simultaneously easier and more confusing due to the absence of personal customer service. While you can purchase what you need in a few clicks, it's possible to miss the fine print. Hotwire.com is a discount ticketing website that searches many airlines for discount fares. When traveling with an infant, it is important that you follow certain guidelines for making sure that you--and your baby--get to where you need to go.

Instructions

Domestic Travel

1

Turn on your computer and web browser. Go to hotwire.com.

2

Click "flights" and enter your "from" and "to" locations and your travel dates. Select "1" as the number of passengers if you are travelling with only yourself and one infant.

3

Click "continue" and select a flight.

4

Enter your passenger information. Enter only your own name and information. FCC regulations allow one infant under 24 months old to travel with one ticketed passenger, provided they do so on the passenger's lap. No documentation is required for the infant.

5

Enter your payment information as you normally would. If you wish to travel with multiple infants, you will need to repeat the process and select an infant who will be traveling in a separate seat. Enter that infant's name as the passenger information.

6

Complete payment information and print all confirmation pages.

International Travel

7

Turn on your computer and Internet browser. Go to hotwire.com.

8

Click "flights" and enter your "from" and "to" locations and your travel dates. Select "2" as the number of passengers if you are travelling with only yourself and one infant. If there are multiple infants, select the appropriate number including yourself.

9

Click "continue" and select a flight.

10

Enter the passenger information for all passengers you are purchasing tickets for. With International travel, hotwire does not offer travel discounts to infants, and all passengers must have a seat purchased for them.

11

Complete payment information and print all confirmation pages.