Child Fares & Ticketing

Whether or not your child needs a ticket, or even a seat, and how much it costs depends on where you're going, the number of kids, and their ages.

Ticketing Requirements
Child Fares & Special Discounts

Ticketing Requirements

When a ticket is Not required

You can travel with one¹ infant in your lap without a purchasing a ticket if:

• The infant is less than two years old, AND
• You are at least 18 years old or the infant's legal guardian, AND
• Your travel is within the U.S.²

When a ticket Is required

You'll need to purchase a ticket for your child when you:

• Have a child that is age two or older.
• Prefer the child to sit in a seat in order to travel in an approved restraint.
• Have a second child, regardless of age, and you already have a child who will be sitting in your lap.¹
• Want your child to earn miles in his SkyMiles account.
• Will be traveling between countries regardless of whether or not the child occupies a seat.

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Child Fares & Special Discounts

Travel Within the Domestic U.S.
Delta does not offer discounted infant and child fares for travel within the domestic U.S.

Travel Between Countries
You may find discounted child fares when traveling outside the U.S. or when traveling between certain countries. The price of the ticket will depend on the age of the child. Taxes & fees may also apply to infants held in the adult's lap.²

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¹Number of Infants per Adult—A limit of two infants, less than two years old, per adult may travel together.

²International Taxes & Fees—For infants under the age of two and held in the adult's lap, the cost is usually about 10% of the adult fare plus any international taxes and surcharges, which can be significant.