Ngaba uyabhaphaza kunye nezingane ukuya kwindawo yakho yeholide? Ngokuxhomekeke kwiminyaka yabo kunye nokuba yiyiphi i-airline oyikhethile, unokukwazi ukukhwela kwiplanethi ekuqaleni kwaye uhlalise ezihlalweni zakho ngaphambi kokuba inkunzi yeefowuni ibize abagibeli baqeqeshi.
Qaphela ukuba imigaqo-nkqubo iyahlukahluka kwizithuthi ezahlukeneyo zomoya. Ezinye ii-airplane zimema iintsapho ukuba zigibele phambi komntu wonke ngelixa ezinye zivumela iintsapho ukuba zidibanise kwindawo ethile phakathi kwabagibeli abakhulu kunye nabaqeqeshi abahamba ngokuhambayo.
Kutheni awona onke ama-airline enikezela umgaqo ofanayo? Iinqwelo-moya zifuna ukukhwela abagibeli ngokukhawuleza kunokwenzeka kodwa zifuna ukuvuza ama-flyers abo. Ukongeza, ii-airways zenza imali ithengise ngamalungelo kuqala ebhodini ngokukhawuleza kubagibeli.
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Nangona i-airline yakho inikezela ngokubhankanya kweentsapho zakuqala, kukho izicathulo. Kwezinye iindwendwe, ukuqala ukuhamba ibhola kungaphinda kuqhubeke ngenxa yokuba kuqhubeka ixesha elide abantwana bahlala kwiindawo zabo kwi-plane. Khumbula ukuba xa abagibeli begibele, le ndege iya kufuneka iteksi kwinqanaba lize lilinde kumgca wokukhupha. Ukubhinqa kakhulu kusenokuba usenokuthi umntwana wakho unamathele kwimitha engama-45 ngaphambi kokuba inqwelo lisekho emoyeni.
Ukunciphisa ixesha lokuvalwa komntwana kwisitulo sezindiza, iintsapho ezininzi zisebenzisa lobu buchule bokuzama ukuvavanya: Iibhodi enye zomzali ekuqaleni kwaye zithwala iintsapho kunye nezixhobo ezithile kunye nokuhlala kwendawo yemoto.
Okwangoku, omnye umzali ulinde kwikamelo lokuphumla kunye nomntwana de kube lixesha lokubanjwa rhoqo. Oku kunika abantwana abancinane kunye nabaselula ukuba bahambe ixesha elide ngaphambi kokuba bahambe ngelo moya.
Into enye intsapho ayisayi kuba nexhala malunga nokuhlala ndawonye, ngenxa yokugqithiswa kwe-Bill ye-Civil Aviation Administration, ngo-Julayi 2016, efuna iifayili ukuba zihlale iintsapho ezineminyaka engaphantsi kwe-13 ndawonye ngaphandle kokunyanzelisa ukuba zihlawule izihlalo ze-premium.
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I-Alaska Airlines: Iintsapho kunye nabantwana abaneminyaka engaphantsi kwe-2 bangaqala kuqala, phambi kokuqala kwabafundi kunye nabaxhasi abakhulu.
I-American Airlines: Iintsapho ezinabantwana abancinci bangabaleka phambi kwamalungu eklasi lokuqala kunye namalungu angama-elite ngokucela kuphela. Ubudala bomntwana obuncinane bubungummiselo we-arhente yesango.
I-Delta Air Lines: Iintsapho kunye nabahambahambayo (ukuya kwesango isheke) kunye nezihlalo zeemoto (ukufakela kwinqwelo) zingabhalwa phambi kwamalungu okuqala kunye namalungu angama-elite.
I-Frontier Airlines: Imindeni enezingane ezineminyaka engama-3 nangaphantsi kwebhodi emva kwamalungu angama-alite kunye nabagibeli abaye bahlawula umlenze owongezelelweyo, kodwa phambi kobanye abagibeli.
Ii-Airline zaseHawaii: Iintsapho kunye nabantwana abangaphantsi kweminyaka emi-2 bangabaleka phambi kwamalungu okuqala kunye namalungu angama-elite.
I-JetBlue Airways : Iintsapho kunye nabantwana abangaphantsi kwe-2 bhodi emva kwamalungu angama-elite kunye nabagibeli kwizihlalo zeprayim, kodwa ngaphambi kokuba ahambe nabaqeqeshi.
I-Southwest Airlines: Omnye umntu omdala kunye nomntwana oneminyaka engama-6 nangaphantsi angabhalwa ngexesha lokuBholwa kweeNtsapho, emva kweqela elithi "A" 'nangaphambi kweqela "B".
I-Air Airlines: Iintsapho zingenza ibhodi emva kokuba abagibeli abakhokhele ngokukhawuleza ukuba bangene ebaleni kwaye abo bahlawulela indawo engaphezulu yebhanki yebhegi.
I-Airlines yaseMelika: Imindeni enezingane ezineminyaka emi-2 nangaphantsi iyakhwela phambi kwamalungu okuqala kunye namalungu angama-elite.
Intombi yaseMelika: Iintsapho ezinabantwana abancinci bangabaleka phambi kwabagibeli abaqeqeshiweyo rhoqo, kodwa emva kwazo zonke ezinye iindidi zeprayim. (Ezi ziquka abagibeli bokuqala beeklasi, abagibeli abaye bahlawula umlenze owongezelelweyo kunye nokuqhankqalaza kwasekuqaleni, abo banezikhundla eziphezulu, kunye nalabo abane-Virgin America kwikhadi lekhredithi.) Imindeni iya kukhwela phambi kwabanye abagibeli abaqeqeshi.
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