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Pay to sit next to spouse

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  • rossireps
    rossireps Posts: 721 Forumite
    Whats next I wonder?
    James tucker
    Flight 705 My hero :)
  • elsien
    elsien Posts: 36,546 Forumite
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    Admittedly we're not a honeymoon couple but when I go away with my mother I much prefer not to be sitting next to her on the longhaul flights. As long as we both get an aisle seat, I don't mind if she's on the other side of the aisle or halfway down the plane. (She does talk quite a lot.)
    All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

    Pedant alert - it's could have, not could of.
  • Dogger69
    Dogger69 Posts: 1,183 Forumite
    Rosa de Filippo, 43, found she and her fiance were separated by an aisle

    Gosh, an aisle - separated from her fiance by seventeen whole inches!
    'It just makes me seethe.'

    The word perspective springs to mind.

    What strikes me most about this 'story' is that they have not even flown yet. The simplest option would surely be to ask at the airport if they can change seats?
  • mcfisco
    mcfisco Posts: 1,957 Forumite
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    It's been like that for ages with loads of lost cost carriers inc. Thomson, what's new here?
  • Bob_the_Saver
    Bob_the_Saver Posts: 5,610 Forumite
    elsien wrote: »
    (She does talk quite a lot.)

    mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
    :eek:
  • PolishBigSpender
    PolishBigSpender Posts: 3,771 Forumite
    Clearly, it is a rip-off scam and should be banned!!!
    From Poland...with love.
    They are (they're)     sitting on the floor.
    Their     books are lying on the floor.
    The books are sitting just there on the floor.
  • Dogger69
    Dogger69 Posts: 1,183 Forumite
    mcfisco wrote: »
    It's been like that for ages

    My first thought with most Daily Mail stories!
  • Bob_the_Saver
    Bob_the_Saver Posts: 5,610 Forumite
    Can't we all just throw our car keys into a hat and sit next to the person who's key we draw out.
    Mind you, last time I tried that I got an AA box.
  • Obviously_the_best
    Obviously_the_best Posts: 4,086 Forumite
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    Yes, Thomas Cook and Thomson both do it, and have been doing so for years now, this isn't a recent thing. easyJet do it as well as Ryanair, Monarch and even BA.
  • prowla
    prowla Posts: 14,188 Forumite
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    The option is to select another airline.
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