To introduce discounts for disabled air travel when flying with Carers.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

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.

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.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

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.

Timeline

19 Feb 2018	Petition opened for signatures
27 Feb 2018	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 27 Feb 2018

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