United Airways mentioned Monday that new expertise will open up extra seats on its flights so kids can sit with an grownup of their celebration with out paying a charge, a sort 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 well-liked” seats in addition to common economic system seats, if wanted, on the time of reserving to allow them to sit collectively.

The change applies to vacationers with normal and fundamental economic system tickets and will probably be absolutely in impact subsequent month, though United has already elevated among the seat availability.

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

Airways in recent times have been charging vacationers to ebook “most well-liked” location seats on flights. They do not include additional legroom or different perks however are sometimes in entrance of the airplane, although they’ll 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 mentioned earlier this month. In July, the Transportation Division advised U.S. airways to “do the whole lot of their energy” to make sure vacationers below age 13 are seated subsequent to an accompanying grownup with out further fees.

“Baggage charges are unhealthy sufficient,” Biden mentioned throughout his State of the Union handle earlier this month. “Airways cannot deal with your baby like a chunk of luggage.”

Such seats normally range in worth. On a roundtrip between Newark, New Jersey, and Los Angeles in August, most well-liked seats on a United flight confirmed as $37 every means for one particular person.

Delta Air Strains mentioned 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 prospects on a case-by-case foundation to make sure their household seating wants are met,” a spokesman mentioned in an announcement on Monday.

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