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It can be. I find that teens still read signs that are in the airport. But the airport app has a map so hopefully they will figure it out. Can you imagine though being a teen and flying? How cool!
Thank you so much for this video. I've been crying myself to sleep this whole week because of anxiety over flying by myself. Everyone tells me it's not that bad or to suck it up, but they haven't helped at all. I feel like such a wuss for being so nervous but you've helped me.
Hi Noelle. Is there any way you can go by car if this bothers you? Knowledge is power so you are on the right path. Download the airline's app and your airport app in case you need to read the map or something. Arrive 2 hours before boarding not departure so you're not in a hurry. And enjoy the journey!
I am 13 and will be flying alone in July. Thank you so much for this video as I was quite anxious about flying alone❤️ Your videos are awesome and again thank you so much! ❤️💕
I’m 12 and will be flying alone from Florida To New Jersey. when I’m 14 in about a year and 2 months, do you know if you can call the airline, and ask if you can have peace and not have a stranger sit next to you?
@@ronnie2820 omg im eleven too im traveling in june and i have social anxiety towards stranger mainly and I have sensory issues so it makes it worse and yeah im traveling alone
When my children were little, they had to travel alone a few times, the airlines were wonderful with them. I agree about neck pillows, never found one that I liked. As always, great tips.
Thanks for sharing!! Yes, only one works for me, and it is only for a 10 hour flight. You can barely move your neck so I don't think kids would be able to wear it ha.
My oldest daughter has been flying by herself since she was 7. She just turned 38. Her dad’s job transferred him out of the country when she was 6. We were very lucky his stepmom was a flight attendant for American Airlines. The only really scary ones for me was when he lived in Japan! She had to fly without her grandmother. She has had her passport since she was 7. Of course TSA, airport and airline rules have changed a lot since the 80’s and 90’s.
How did she do at such young age??? My daughter is almost 8. And she's always going back and forth ,from my homwtowm to her moms. from Texas to Michigan and vice versa. It's gotten to the point where all these plane tickets pile up. To where I've considered letting her fly alone. But of course she's my baby I have My concerns. Is it really safe ? What did your daughter think of that ? Her mom just told me she will be unable to fly due to medical condition. So basically I'd have to fly there to pick her up. Fly back to Texas. Then after the summer fly back to Michigan to drop her off, and then fly right back home.
Thanks so much for this! Amazing timing, as my 13 year old will be flying as a UM in a week. This is exactly what I was looking for to help walk him through the whole process.
Really love how you put visuals in this video as well as mentioning that the TSA agents don’t get paid to be nice. The examples make it easy to understand!
For anyone worried, i used to fly internationally many times without speaking the language, and trust me, you will be absolutely fine. You will have someone walking around with you, you don't need to worry about where you are going because they will be guiding you the whole time. The more you can relax, the better. If it is a domestic flight you don't even need to worry about any language barriers like I did (And even then I was fine).
Much thanks.. I’m 13, and I feel like it’s important that I am well aware of what will happened, and that I shouldn’t lean on the attendants too much. I’ll be flying for 3 hours so I’m grateful I got to see this before hand!!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏
Hi! I'm 15 and taking a 22hr flight with one 3 hour stopover (England to Australia) in a few months. My parents are sending me off from London and I have family members meeting me in Brisbane. This will be my first time travelling alone, and I've only flown a couple of times with my family. I'm so nervous (despite being older than a lot of unaccompanied minors!) I'm most nervous about the stopover as I'm scared of getting lost or missing my flight. I have a few months to prepare for this but yeah, feeling very nervous at the moment about airport stuff and being on the plane by myself. But this video is so reassuring, thank you for going through things so thoroughly! I'll be watching your other videos as preparation!
Soon me and my little brother will be flying alone soon, and I'm really nervous despite flying all the time, this really helped me out, thank you ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thank you! My kids are flying (11 and 13) alone to go see their Aunt and Uncle. This has been an experience and your video is nice to see and hear. Please update for 2024! Thank you!
Sometimes the flight attendant will move you to a different seat about 20 minutes before landing. When I travelled alone (at 7) she took me to an empty seat in first class so I was closer to the front of the plane.
My aunt moved and shes paying for my ticket to visit her this upcoming summer and non of my other family can come as it affects there schedules so I'm going alone I'm almost going to be 15 but still 14 when I travel but this made me feel way better cause just talking to her about what dates I wanted to fly out was making me panic. So this is great also the fact you mentioned the airline I'll be flying with gives even better help for me and some of these things I didn't even know and I've flown before as an um but with my siblings who two out of three where over 16 and I can't remember much from back then. So this gives me great hope thanks ☺️
Omg me and my sister will be traveling in a connection flight as our first flight alone. And i was so excited but nervous abt all the stuff u have to do at the airport. so tysmmm this helped me a lotttt ♥️😅💗💗
thank you so much for this video! i’m only 11 and was so worried about going on a 5 hour flight by myself, mostly because of getting through the airport. this video cleared everything up for me!
I'm excited about my upcoming school trip from Dubai to Finland. This will be my first time flying without my parents, so I'm a little nervous. I came across a helpful video that I think will ease my concerns and prepare me for the journey. Thank you!
Im 11 and i might be flying from Edinburgh to newark this summer i wasn't that scared but this video will still help a lot because of the tips and tricks you shared with me.
Im going to Spain all by myself and i am traveling without the unaccompanied minor program so i am COMPLETELY by myself. If my flight gets canceled i am going to be the one arguing with the airline worker. This video was really helpful. I am excited and nervous at the same time thank you
Yes, be prepared if it gets canceled; arguing with the messenger won't help as it's not their fault. I would have the uber app just in case or phone numbers of the hotel with a free shuttle. Work out what-if scenarios with your parents.
i'm gonna be an unaccompanied minor with my 2 sisters were 10 and 12 years old, we're going in 2 weeks can''t wait! nervous but excited thank you for this
I'm a minor and not traveling alone but I've been so scared bc on my trip I ended up losing my ID and my flight back is tomorrow. I've been so anxious because I thought I'd have to confirm my ID to TSA so they let me fly back but since I'm a minor I don't need to. I'm so grateful for the information, thank you !
My flight ✈️ is on 26th of April my bday I'm going To Us from India I have downloaded more 35 videos and this one is one of them I hop the flight goes well 😊
Thank you very much for this! My mother sented me this sense today me and my brother are going onto the plane for the first time alone! I'm 15 yet look like a 12 year old while my brother looks well- 15 but he's 12 hah! But again thanks for this tutorial! Terrified but confident about this!
@@lalaland9646 it went really good, i was down in Georgia for about 2 weeks then flew home, then i flew back down again November 16th and came back a few days ago lol. i hate heights but planes somehow aren't that scary
@@wren5920 that’s pretty cool! I’m going on a flight tm morning to go to Boston by myself. I’m a bit nervous because I haven’t been on a plane in years and I have layovers but hopefully it all works out.
@@lalaland9646 one tip i can give you is as soon as you get off your lay over go directly to the gate you need to go to obviously if you needa use the bathroom do that lol
Ahh still nervous but this helped me out! I’m flying with another minor and we will be flying on two plane and this is my first time so I hope everything goes well ❤
Going to go see my family in Montana, my other family would love to come but it’s too much money so I’m going by myself, this is my first time flying alone so thank you for making me feel better. :)
Have fun! Download the airline's app and find out how to download movies from Netflix to your phone a couple days before your flight. Sometimes the entertainment does not connect over the ocean.
Thank you so much for this video! I'm leaving in a few weeks on a flight all by myself and I've had so many questions and you answered all of them!! Thank you!
Great walkthrough! I have a teen that looks older than his age- tall! 😅 If an UM is to wait for the the flight attendant to get him to the next gate or airline employee to drop off at another gate after landing and that NEXT flight/plane decided to leave early or changes- will the crew/pilot be expected to wait for this UM that’s being guided by an airport employee to arrive before take off (since they had to wait last to be let out)? I get nervous at the thought the UM would miss the flight (even if the fee for UM were paid to assist). Thank you!
Hi, Shellz from South Africa. Traveling to UK alone soon as a minor with GAD (general anxiety disorder)😊 Thank you for the help. Very encouraging to hear. Any tips for immigration?
Omg tysm for this video, I’m 13 and I’m flying alone in a week, but I have a question, I have a layover so is the process similar to when you first arrive to the airport?
I didn’t knew people under age of 18 can travel alone, I’m glad I’m saving money to travel somewhere cheap Is there any places that you may suggest me to travel? I’m only 15
I'm 17, enlisted in the military so I've flown alone before. This time around its for a personal trip, want to take a trip to LA. Only issue I am running into is where I can stay once I get to LA. Hotels don't allow 17 year old's to get a room without an adult.
@@TravelTipsbyLaurie I had looked at the USO in LAX through the app, doesn't look like I'd be able to stay overnight there since I believe its under construction at the moment and has been temporarily moved to another part of the airport.
I’m hoping to fly to my grandparents by myself in the fall (hoping covid doesn’t come back 🙏) and I’m hoping my parents will let me fly by myself. I’ve been to both of the airports in my area before. One is super tiny it’s almost impossible to get lost. The other is an international airport and much bigger, but hopefully my parents will be fine if I use the AA GPS to get me to and from my gate 🙏 The only problem with the super tiny one is that it only goes to Dallas and Chicago. I’ve only been to the Dallas one once (well once that I had to change terminals), but never to the Chicago one
