United Airways stated Monday that new know-how will open up extra seats on its flights so youngsters can sit with an grownup of their celebration with out paying a charge, a kind of cost that is drawn scrutiny from the Biden administration in latest months.

United will present dad and mom or different grownup vacationers accompanying a baby youthful than 12 to entry “most popular” seats in addition to common financial system seats, if wanted, on the time of reserving to allow them to sit collectively.

The change applies to vacationers with customary and fundamental financial system tickets and shall be absolutely in impact subsequent month, though United has already elevated a few of the seat availability.

The airline additionally will not cost clients a fare distinction in the event that they change to a flight to the identical vacation spot that has adjoining seats.

Airways lately have been charging vacationers to e book “most popular” location seats on flights. They do not include further legroom or different perks however are sometimes in entrance of the airplane, although they will cowl a big variety of seats of an plane.

President Joe Biden has known as on lawmakers to “fast-track the ban on household seating charges,” the White Home stated earlier this month. In July, the Transportation Division advised U.S. airways to “do every part of their energy” to make sure vacationers below age 13 are seated subsequent to an accompanying grownup with out further prices.

“Baggage charges are dangerous sufficient,” Biden stated throughout his State of the Union deal with earlier this month. “Airways cannot deal with your baby like a bit of luggage.”

Such seats normally differ in worth. On a roundtrip between Newark, New Jersey, and Los Angeles in August, most popular seats on a United flight confirmed as $37 every means for one individual.

Delta Air Traces stated it blocks sure rows of seats so households can sit collectively.

“Delta doesn’t cost household seating charges and whatever the ticket class bought, will all the time work with clients on a case-by-case foundation to make sure their household seating wants are met,” a spokesman stated in a press release on Monday.

American Airways‘ reserving platform will routinely seek for out there seats collectively on the time of reserving for fundamental cabin and fundamental financial system passengers. Most popular seats and its further legroom part, Principal Cabin Further, open up the day of departure in the event that they’re wanted, a spokesman advised CNBC.