Hellobee Boards

I'm guessing they all do...but I could be wrong. For what it's worth, I travelled when my lo was 7 months, and waited as long as possible to board. She was so antsy and curious, so minimizing the time she had to stay in one place helped immensely.

Delta does. American doesn't.

Delta does, although the last time we flew with them, they specifically said "children under age 2" (we walked on with our almost 2.5 year old though and it was fine).

Southwest family boards--after they let some A's. Still helpful!

Here's a definitive list:
http://tripswithtykes.com/2013/05/10/pre-boarding-kids-which-airlines-still-offer-it/
Personally I don't like preboarding when traveling with B because it means he has to sit still longer! We also try not to carry rollerboard carry one when traveling with him too. So no real special need to priority boarding. If you have special needs, I would encourage you to talk to the gate agent, they can make exceptions even if there is no family preboarding.

Now when I travel without him, I love to be first on the plane. I can settle in, have a drink and make sure that I get a spot for my carry on!

We've flown United domestically 4 times round trip (3 were cross country) and only one leg did we get to board early with LO. One I even had to fight to gate check our car seat.

All the European airlines we flew let us board early. Spain even had a separate family security line with a pack n play on each side in case you had to put your baby down to get into baggage!

I think with United, it is up to the gate attendant, so sometimes they do and sometimes they don't.

In my experience, all the Euro airlines let you board early. We recently flew with some Asian airlines and they did too.

@lamariniere: I was surprised that with Swiss Air the "kid preboard" was for children up to the age of 6! I've only ever seen it for babies/kids up to the age of 2 in the US.

@lamariniere: Oh yeah, European flying blows the American airlines out of the water (all of them!). They treated E like freaking royalty on both of our recent flights. Huge “swag bag” for kids: stuffed animal airplane, colored pencils (like the nice wood ones, not super cheapo crayons), stickers, activity book, coloring book, etc. Special kids meals, etc.

And yeah, real food and free booze. I need to travel internationally more often!

I know Delta does yes. As others have already said!

I am glad you posted this! I am flying with Alaska next week. I don't usually fly with them. Its just me and DD so good to know they do!

I've been on a united flight where they didn't pre board families with young children.

Allegiant does not.