Following United Airlines' recent announcement regarding family seating, low-cost airline Frontier Airlines announced that it is now seating kids with a parent at no additional cost.
The airline is now the newest to adopt a policy that permits families to sit together.
The Denver-based airline said on Tuesday that it offers free automatic seating for children under the age of 14 with at least one parent or legal guardian.
Frontier typically assesses a fee for each seat reservation.
However, as part of this new policy, the airline declared that it will allocate seats in advance of the check-in window based on the ages of family members.
According to Daniel Shurz, senior vice president of commercials for Frontier Airlines, "We appreciate the necessity of sitting children next to an adult with whom they are traveling."
Since October, Frontier has improved its processes and worked on this policy to better ensure that families can sit together on flights, according to Shurz, who also noted that the "system is working well and we are receiving excellent comments."
Furthermore, according to Frontier, families who belong to Discount Den can take advantage of its Kids Fly Free offers on a limited number of flights if they have children under the age of 14.
In adopting measures that make it simpler for families to sit together, Frontier follows United Airlines' lead.
On Monday, United announced that it would offer complimentary seating in its economy cabins for families with children under the age of 12.
According to Breeze Airlines, families have always been welcome to book a complimentary seat together.
Southwest Airlines, known for its philosophy of open seats, appears to have been subtly experimenting with its family travel policy.
In order to give families a greater chance of getting seats adjacent to each other, it enables families with children under the age of 13 to participate in a family boarding process.
Families with children under the age of six are still required to board in either the A or B boarding groups, according to Southwest's official policy.
As President Joseph Biden criticized airlines for charging extra costs to allow youngsters to sit with their families, boasting that his government will enact greater consumer protections, the latest attention on family seating emerged.
Airlines are already encouraged under the Department of Transportation's current policy to keep families together as much as possible without charging extra to seat youngsters under the age of 13 with a parent or guardian.
"They can't just treat your child like a piece of luggage," Biden stated in his State of the Union speech on February 7. "Baggage fees are terrible enough.
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