Actually no. But that's because it was free when my kids did this. I think she was a UM then. I doubt she was when she came home by herself from Israel when she was 16 though.
ML/NJ
I remember this so well...it was years ago..on a DC10...full flight...287 passengers...
Awaiting clearance out of Denver for Chicago...were on the tarmac for several hours...there were severe thunderstorms in Chicago...
We took off, but could not land in Chicago...were diverted to Milwaukee. By now it was after midnight. Passengers were given the choice of staying with the plane, and hopefully flying to Chicago, or getting bussed to Chicago.
A child approached me (a flight attendant), and asked what she should do. She was 12 years old, traveling alone...not a UM, and had a connecting flight in Chicago. I advised her to to stay with me. At 2am or so, we landed in Chicago...everything closed at the airport...all connecting passengers had to find their own hotel accomodations.
Because she was not a UM, she was not the airline’s responsibility. I called her grandmother, asked that she give me permission to take the child to a hotel with me. I received the okay...the kid was excited, but the grandmother told me she was upset because her (grandmom’s) birthday was now “ruined” if I didn’t get the kid to the airport first thing in the morning for her flight to grandma’s.
The child and I arrived at the hotel by taxi...20 miles from the airport (only one available)...very hungry. By then it was 0330. We found a fast food place a block away and got to bed at 0430! Got up around 0600...took her back to the airport, and got her on her on a flight to grandma’s. It wasn’t the very first flight to grandma’s, but I did my best. Never heard from the family. I guess I ruined the birthday.