This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition To introduce discounts for disabled air travel when flying with Carers.
As a wheelchair user who needs a Carer I’ve been told when I travel by air i need to buy an extra seat at full price for my Carer. Eg. I’m 6’5 and paralysed from the neck down and personally I cannot fit in an economy seat because of lack of room, so I’m forced to upgrade at a ridiculous price.
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As a C4 Tetraplegic I decided to organise a trip to Australia to visit my brother and his family, when I went into the travel agents I was informed that my Carer would have to go in the same class seat as me due to safety concerns, as a 6’5 former soldier I am unable to sit in economy class so I am forced to pay for either business or first on this occasion because of the length of the flight I decided to fly first, when the travel agent took all my details she came out with a price of £13,000 I was absolutely disgusted, but I decided to pay this because I thought to myself just because I’m disabled it doesn’t mean I won’t want go on holiday in my lifetime.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
Air travel pricing is a commercial decision for individual airlines, not the UK Government or Parliament. You could try raising this issue with airlines directly.
You could start a new petition asking the UK Government to fund a concessionary scheme for carers flying with a person with disabilities, if that's what you want to happen. The Government could then require UK registered airlines to accept this concession.
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