Planning a trip with children
Even before your holiday begins, you can make a number of preparations that will enable your whole family to enjoy a relaxed start to the holiday.
Important information about flying with children
EU regulations state that every child must have his or her own travel document with a photograph. Unfortunately, therefore, including children on your passport is not valid, irrespective of the children’s ages. If your children are not yet in possession of child passports, passports or ID cards, we recommend that you apply for them as soon as possible.
When booking your flight, please state the ages of your children, as the respective fares will be based on this. Lufthansa differentiates between two types of children’s fare:
- Infant fare: Babies (0-2 years) who do not occupy a seat travel free on German domestic flights and for 10 per cent of the regular fare on all other routes.
- Child fare: Children aged between 2 and 11 years (up to their 12th birthday) must occupy their own seat and travel for 75 per cent of the regular price of the flight on most routes and on almost all fares. Please note that babies who turn 2 years old during the trip will be required to occupy their own seat and will be charged the child fare.
If you are travelling in a different travel class to your child and he or she is under 12 years of age, your child must be booked as an “unaccompanied minor” and our care service fees will apply. Please contact our Service Center to book the care service.
Country-specific travel regulations
It is each passenger’s responsibility to find out about current entry and exit regulations and to take the required documents with them. Lufthansa accepts no responsibility in these circumstances.
You are obligated and solely responsible for obtaining all required travel documents and visas for yourself and your children and for complying with all laws and regulations of the countries that you will fly from or into or over; the same applies to our regulations and instructions in this regard.
Advance seat reservation for the family
On a long-haul flight, it is particularly important that the whole family sits together and that your children can sit in their favourite seats, for example by the window or near the lavatories.
So we recommend that you reserve your seats in advance when you make your flight booking. Economy Class passengers can reserve seats on all flights operated by Lufthansa and Lufthansa Regional for a fee, depending on the selected fare or booking class.