A SkyMiles account for a child: keep the traveler separate from the parent

A child's SkyMiles membership belongs to that child. Delta permits one person per account, prohibits multiple accounts for one person and makes membership numbers nontransferable. For a child younger than 13, the parent or guardian enters the birthday and confirms that relationship through the indicated checkbox. The member's full legal name must match the passport or other valid travel document.

Important unknowns

  • The source does not establish the outcome of an individual request. Confirm current instructions with the airline; the effective date of these provisions is not established.

What to do next

  1. Prepare the child's record

    Before starting enrollment, check whether the child already has a membership number in an earlier travel record. Look through your own confirmations or account notes rather than creating another record simply because you cannot immediately find the first one. If there is uncertainty, ask Delta to help identify the existing account. Prepare the child's name and date of birth from the relevant document. Read each field as information about the child, not the adult completing the task. A useful final review is to compare the proposed account record with the child's travel identity line by line before submitting.

  2. Keep the family roles clear

    In your private trip notes, separate the traveler, the accompanying adult and the person paying. Label the child's membership number with the child's name so a later booking is not confused with the parent's account. This is an organizational step, not permission to use one account for everyone. After enrollment, retain the membership confirmation where the responsible adult can find it for future planning. If an entry appears wrong, explain the specific field to Delta instead of trying to solve the problem by setting up another identity.

  3. Membership does not settle the journey

    Check the child's transport arrangements separately: accompanied travel, a seat or lap-infant arrangement, and any proposed unaccompanied journey are different questions from loyalty enrollment. This guide establishes no travel-alone age, child fare, infant earning entitlement, family pooling or transfer of status. It also does not establish whether a particular enrollment is available in your country. Resolve those questions for the actual trip rather than treating possession of a number as an answer.

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