Kynan and Paige Bilton say Air New Zealand's prices to fly Kynan's seven-year-old son to Hamilton, as an unaccompanied minor, are ridiculous. Typically, they have paid $350-$450 for a one-way ticket for an unaccompanied minor – plus the $15 unaccompanied minor fee. We were then told the flight was $219 for an adult, but for an unaccompanied minor it was going to cost us $705 one way. You see a flight costing $219 for an adult but when you click unaccompanied minor, it hikes to $350. “I imagine there’s a lot of New Zealanders who rely on Air New Zealand to keep their family together.

Source: Stuff August 19, 2020 02:26 UTC