It's a wonder that one parent was actually allowed in. It would not have surprised me at all if you had been told that neither parent could wait with your daughter. Out of curiosity, was your daughter picked out for additional screening at the gate? She seems to fit the "profile" for those security idiots, namely she's a non-Islamic child. -- David Ross http://home.attbi.com/~damiross > My 12 year-old daughter flew BUF-IAD yesterday as an unaccompanied minor > (costs an additional $60 each way and worth every penny). Imagine our > surprise when we were told that only one parent could accompany our > daughter to the gate. Passengers should report two hours early, and then > what? One parent cool his or her heels outside security? All three wait > until just before boarding to go through security screening? > Fortunately for us, one of the UAL ticket agents remembered me from my > flight attendant days and wrote a special gate pass. But what if I didn't > have that little connection? What do other parents do? And does anyone > know the logic behind this? > > Thanks for letting me vent...if anyone really does know the rationale, I'd > be interested to hear it. > > -Mo >