Florida Teen Arrives In Puerto Rico After Booking Flight To Ohio

The New Year is starting off strong for Frontier Airlines and a local Tampa teen. A Florida man is looking for answers after his son, a teenager, ended up landing in Puerto Rico. The teen ends up on the wrong Frontier Flight thinking he was headed to Ohio, but landed in San Juan.

Logan Lose was the 16 year old teen flying solo for the first time. He was scheduled to fly from Tampa to Cleveland on Frontier. This isn’t the first time this has happened to Frontier passengers.

According to reports, the airline employee did not scan his boarding pass and Logan boarded the plane. Was there an empty seat that just so happened to be the same one as Logan's? We’re not sure.

“If he would’ve landed in another state, I could’ve just got in a car and drove and had him on the phone and say, ‘Hey Logan, just don’t do anything, just stay there, I’ll be there in X amount of hours. I can’t do that when he’s in Puerto Rico,” said Ryan Lose, Logan’s father.

Frontier responded to questions about the mishap. The flight to San Juan and the flight to Cleveland were departing from the same gate. Any passengers that are 15 and older are allowed to fly alone. Frontier doesn’t have an “unaccompanied minor program” to help children to the gates, unlike other airlines.

Ryan Lose said they offered their apologies and a voucher to the airline, but he wants more. Lose said, “They offered me a voucher to an airline that just lost my son … I want accountability. These airlines are not being held accountable.”

This has been a common occurrence over the past week. Last week, a child was supposed to fly to Fort Myers from Philadelphia, but ended up in Orlando. If you ask me, that’s more understandable than ending up in Puerto Rico instead of Ohio.

The first thing we always want to do is blame. To be honest, the airline employee should be held accountable for not scanning the boarding pass. That is a major security issue, but is the teen at fault as well? 

I am always checking the gate for changes and where my flight is going before boarding. Even as a teen, the first thing you should always do is check the screen that shows where your flight is going from at the gate. If you’re old enough to use a smart phone, you’re certainly old enough to check the gate screen.

Wanna get away? You can scoot out Tampa onto a nonstop Southwest flight this holiday season, as the airline carrier is bringing back 7 nonstop flights to Tampa International Airport.

These flights return as part of Southwest's winter seasonal rollouts. So where can you fly to? We've got the list for you.

If you want to zip out on a Southwest nonstop flight, you can check out any of these returning routes: Tampa to Salt Lake City, Utah; Detroit, Michigan; Cleveland, Ohio; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Cincinnati, Ohio; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Syracuse, New York.

I've done some skiing outside of Salt Lake City. That's a great spot to hit as we get into the winter months. If you need to go to Michigan, Southwest makes it easy now with flights to Michigan and Grand Rapids. Those aren't the only Midwest nonstop flights. you can go to Cleveland, Ohio and Minneapolis, Minnesota, or Cincinnati, Ohio. Syracuse is very pretty this time of year, as well.

Do you like flying Southwest? It's still one of my favorite airlines to fly on. They dialed in the comedy a bit. They used to be known for their quippy scripts. The flight attendants and even pilots would be providing you with their own brand of in-flight entertainment.

What places are tops on your list this year to fly to? It seems that flight prices are hit or miss so definitely plan ahead.

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If you want to book a flight, go to the Southwest website.

Visit Salt Lake City and then head to Park City for some great skiing. They also have some amazing restaurants there including the Purple Sage.

Detroit is amazing if you are a big sports fan. Do you want to watch the Redwings, the Lions or Tigers? Oh my.

Cleveland is home to some amazing amusement parks. Have you been to Cedar Point?

Visit the City of Lakes. Did you know there are 13 lakes in Minneapolis?

Not just sports in Cincinnati. Check out the Cincinnati Zoo or the Cincinnati Museum.

You might be surprised to find out that there are some great wineries in Grand Rapids. It's not far from Amish Country.

Syracuse is beautiful this time of year, especially if you want to watch the leaves change.