On Monday, J. R. Reed told Michael Seiden with Action News Jax’s sister station WSB-TV that he had spent more than 20 hours on the phone and computer in an attempt to get his kids, ages 15, 12 and 10, on a flight back to Atlanta.
“My oldest is currently stuck in Charlotte,” he said. “My middle child is stuck in LaGuardia (New York) and my youngest is stuck in Orlando.”
Reed, who has earned Million Miler status, said that all 3 of his kids were visiting relatives in different states ahead of a family trip to Disney World. The plan was for his 2 oldest children to fly to Orlando, where they would meet up with their younger sibling. But on Saturday, Reed’s 15-year-old son was denied access to a flight after he tried to board a plane in Charlotte.
“Delta had instituted an embargo on their unaccompanied minors program and would not be allowing any unaccompanied minors to fly,” he said. “Delta made an explicit decision to pull the plug on this program. They haven’t communicated that, and it’s incredibly hard to find on their website. There is no proactive notification.”
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