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Your Ticket: $60. Your Baby's: $1280

1.9.09 9:15 PM EDT By Ben Popken

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When company policy has a head-on collision with absurdity. Your United Airlines ticket is $60. Your baby’s, who’s going to be sitting in your lap? $1,280. [Elliot] (Photo: moxythecat)

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1.9.09By Ben Popken

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