This essential information includes the name, address, and telephone number of the responsible adult bringing them to the departure airport and picking them up at their destination. To ensure that children are released to the proper person, the responsible adult meeting unaccompanied children at their destination must show photo identification. We accept children from five through seven years of age on United flights that are nonstop or require no change of aircraft. They must be brought to the departure airport by a parent or responsible adult who will remain at the airport until the child boards and the aircraft departs the gate. This individual must provide evidence that another parent or responsible adult will meet the child at their destination.
Acceptable evidence includes a name, address, and telephone number.
We accept children eight through eleven years of age for transportation entirely on United or for travel that includes flight connections to many other airlines. You must complete our Unaccompanied Minor form. We give children a bright red and white striped button to pin on their clothes. This button easily identifies unaccompanied children to our staff on the ground and in the air. Our boarding representative will introduce your child to the flight attendant and provide the attendant with any information pertinent to your child's flight.