Nursing mother forced to pay for the registration of the container with breast milk at the airport

Nursing mother forced to pay for the registration of the container with breast milk at the airport

Sarah Salo shared their outrage after a flight on American Airlines. The woman said that she and her husband had to leave a child without milk from airline staff. Last Monday they one-year old son Lucas were on their way from Boston to Phoenix. When a young family had a stroller, hand Luggage (a backpack and a diaper bag) and a small thermo pack with 150 grams of frozen breast milk.

Nursing mother forced to pay for the registration of the container with breast milk at the airport

Half an hour before landing, the airline employee said that Luggage the spouses to register, as they carry too many bags. Sarah explained that they have only hand Luggage and two contacts with milk. After that, the woman said that he will have to pay $150. A nursing mother was extremely surprised — she was said in American Airlines, can I carry milk without a check, and they let her.

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Not wanting to pay unreasonably high cost, the young parents were forced to leave two contacts at the airport, although their son still does not eat solid food, and milk would want him on the road.

After the indignant spouses of an employee of the airline left that they have placed themselves in an uncomfortable situation, and generally «have to thank her for having saved money.»

Disclose information about the incident, Sallow have made an apology from the airline, and the financial compensation it requires. The young mother hopes that her story will prevent similar incidents to other passengers with children.

Note that according to current regulations of the office of transport security, breast milk can be transported as hand Luggage even without the presence of the child.

We will remind that last week a mother with a child from Houston dropped out of a plane Spirit Airlines for the fact that the woman is breast-feeding.

 

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