| Traveling with infants is always a challenge, more so | | | | the country in which the airline is registered. |
| on long international flights. Some parents in order to | | | | Alitalia is one such airline. Italian regulations do not allow |
| keep their infant safe and secure during take off and | | | | them to secure infants in a car seat on board their |
| landing will spend extra money to purchase a child's | | | | aircraft. Passengers who purchased a child's fare |
| fare and therefore a seat for their baby so he or she | | | | expecting to use a car seat will be required to |
| can be secured in a car seat on the aircraft. A child's | | | | purchase a new infant's ticket at check in and then |
| fare typically costs 65 or 75 percent of an adult ticket, | | | | attempt to refund the child's ticket through the original |
| whereas an infant ticket costs only 10 percent. | | | | agency that issued it. This is not always successful as |
| However, not all airlines will allow parents to use a car | | | | ticket rules have changed and most tickets are |
| seat on board. This depends upon the regulations of | | | | non-refundable. |