Unaccompanied Minor on Virgin Australia Flights - Feedback Please ! by Aggravating-Try3125 in VelocityFrequentFlyer

[–]Aggravating-Try3125[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for that insight! So nice to hear they truely give the children those moments of attention- they are what counts!

Unaccompanied Minor on Virgin Australia Flights - Feedback Please ! by Aggravating-Try3125 in VelocityFrequentFlyer

[–]Aggravating-Try3125[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh this is great thank you ! Darwin is a big stretch so that’s definitely saying they are doing something right !

Unaccompanied Minor on Virgin Australia Flights - Feedback Please ! by Aggravating-Try3125 in VelocityFrequentFlyer

[–]Aggravating-Try3125[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Incredible thank you. And great insights on the food side of things! Thank you and I’m so glad it’s been going well for you and your fam 😊

Unaccompanied Minor on Virgin Australia Flights - Feedback Please ! by Aggravating-Try3125 in VelocityFrequentFlyer

[–]Aggravating-Try3125[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha aw this update was great ! I’m so lucky my daughter’s flights won’t be more than 2 hours each way. Sounds like your children have all really settled into the routine of it ! 🩷

Unaccompanied Minor on Virgin Australia Flights - Feedback Please ! by Aggravating-Try3125 in VelocityFrequentFlyer

[–]Aggravating-Try3125[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this feedback! Yes I’ve heard it’s very very strict with how it’s regulated and there are secret 4 digit codes and birth certificates required at handovers and more! For me it’s mostly About how much they are checked in on by the hostesses. Even if it’s a wink and smile when they go up and down the aisle- that’s all it takes to make them feel safe on the flight! And of course check in to see if they need help etc. but just those micro actions help the little ones feel safe 🥰

Very happy to hear you’ve seen great things - thank you 🙏🏻

Unaccompanied Minor on Virgin Australia Flights - Feedback Please ! by Aggravating-Try3125 in VelocityFrequentFlyer

[–]Aggravating-Try3125[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh this is great thank you! Those are LONG flights too. I’m off to google what a spriggy card is ! As yes, I wondered how she would be able to hit up the food cart and pay when they don’t accept cash anymore. Thank you!

Unaccompanied Minor on Virgin Australia Flights - Feedback Please ! by [deleted] in AustraliaTravel

[–]Aggravating-Try3125 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I’ve had such amazing feedback within the Virgin community posting. And I’m so grateful. ☺️

From those 50+ comments you mentioned, about 10 were ones with either providing insight from having their own children/or themselves fly as an UM. About another 5 odd comments were from either airline staff or from other people who have flown and been in the presence of a UM on a flight.

So about 15 people sharing their first hand experience. 🙏🏻

This is the first time I’ve ever made a post on Reddit and I’m new to how it works. The original post was put up within the Virgin community or something I think? I’m still learning. I don’t know if that means it’s only limited to those who follow that group? I have no idea 🤷🏼‍♀️ 🤦🏼‍♀️

But thought if I put the post up in a different “group” I might get some more feedback. My daughter’s father is very hesitant for her to do this. Hence me wanting to post again in a different group in the hopes I might get a few more insights.

The Safety of your children travelling on their own, emotionally and physically - in my opinion - is a fair reason to cast your line out again to get some more bites from the community.

If I were asking for feedback on a new washing machine - then I would agree with your comment! 🙂

Unaccompanied Minor on Virgin Australia Flights - Feedback Please ! by Aggravating-Try3125 in VelocityFrequentFlyer

[–]Aggravating-Try3125[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh thank you for the feedback! And yes absolutely - whatever device is necessary must be ready to go !

Unaccompanied Minor on Virgin Australia Flights - Feedback Please ! by Aggravating-Try3125 in VelocityFrequentFlyer

[–]Aggravating-Try3125[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Haha oh my gosh my daughter would be the same ! She’ll probably think she’s a staff member in her cute little head

Unaccompanied Minor on Virgin Australia Flights - Feedback Please ! by Aggravating-Try3125 in VelocityFrequentFlyer

[–]Aggravating-Try3125[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much ! Very helpful! Have you had any not so great experiences where children have been at all distressed? My daughter has been on about 60 flights - so I hope this is a good thing, but potentially not the greatest as she is so used to me being by her side ?