MSE News: Ryanair to charge £5 to pick a seat as it ends free-for-all

richardw

jpsartre wrote: »

My point is that CAA regulations do not state that childen must be seated with their parents..

What do the CAA state then?

jpsartre

From the horse's mouth:

"Young children and infants who are accompanied by adults, should ideally be seated in the same seat row as the adult. Children and accompanying adults should not be separated by more than one aisle. Where this is not possible, children should be separated by no more than one seat row from accompanying adults. This is because the speed of an emergency evacuation may be affected by adults trying to reach their children.
Whenever a number of infants and children are travelling together the airline should make every effort to ensure that they can be readily supervised by the responsible accompanying adults."

richardw

I don't think jet2fan is asking for more than the CAA advise.

SaveTheEuro

Jet2fan wrote: »

Me, the wife and 3 kids (under 16)...

Why should i have to books seats ?

Ryanair HAVE A LEGAL DUTY to sit me and the wife with my children...

We MUST be sat as a party of 2 and 3 on their aircraft.

As far as i am concerned, i should be able to stroll last onto an aircraft and it is up to Ryanair to find me 3 seats and 2 seats together - I have paid them for the cost of the flights, surely it is up to them how to allocate our seats as they have a LEGAL duty to sit the 3 children next to a responsible adult !!

When we flew last year, we just strolled on dead LAST and said... "You have to find us a 3 and 2 seat together... this is your problem". People were shuffled about and moved so we could sit together... Albeit with much tutting. I did feel sorry for those with priority boarding and those who booked their seats.

But i see it as Ryanair's problem.

If at the time of booking, they do not have a system to recognize that a party with adults and children must be allocated seats together and consider there case as a special issue with special requirement, as it is their LEGAL REQUIREMENT to sit them next to each other, that is not my problem.

And i certainly am not going to "play ball" and start paying extra for 3 and 2 seats together.

If it was just me and the wife, that would be a totally different thing... I couldn't give a fig if they sit her at the front and me at the back and we are separate for 3 or 4 hours.... Then I would accept that if i wished to sit next to her i would have to pre-allocate my seats at my own expense.

Please note: I did not write the law with regards air carriers duty of responsibility, nor did i write Ryanairs own company policy.

In short, I should not have to pre-book my seats as there are rules and regulations already in place which cover that issue and eventuality.

It does not matter when i decide to saunter onto the plane... The issue has already been decided by Ryanairs own company policy.

You make a valid suggestion but I'm not sure that putting a word into capital letters several times creates the law you would like to see.

jpsartre

richardw wrote: »

I don't think jet2fan is asking for more than the CAA advise.

Perhaps although I doubt being spread over several rows is what he had in mind when he demanded being sat as a party of 2 and 3.

WayneF

I have just checked-in online for my family holiday flight on Saturday. No problem with the outgoing flight. I selected unallocated seats and got 5 together in a row. If everyone selects unallocated seats then I guess they will all be allocated from the front to the back, so everyone should sit with their group.

However, for the return journey, I could not select unallocated seats until 7 days before the return flight. As I am on holiday, and not taking my PC, printer and broadband connection, it seems I had the following options:

1. Select allocated seats now, at £5 each (£25) so that I can print off the boarding passes before I go,
2. Check in at the airport on the way back. That is something like £70 (for the group or each - I didn't check)
3. Find an internet cafe and try to print off boarding passes there. How much does that cost?

Either way, it is another hidden Ryanair charge :mad:

SaveTheEuro

WayneF wrote: »

I have just checked-in online for my family holiday flight on Saturday. No problem with the outgoing flight. I selected unallocated seats and got 5 together in a row. If everyone selects unallocated seats then I guess they will all be allocated from the front to the back, so everyone should sit with their group.

However, for the return journey, I could not select unallocated seats until 7 days before the return flight. As I am on holiday, and not taking my PC, printer and broadband connection, it seems I had the following options:

1. Select allocated seats now, at £5 each (£25) so that I can print off the boarding passes before I go,
2. Check in at the airport on the way back. That is something like £70 (for the group or each - I didn't check)
3. Find an internet cafe and try to print off boarding passes there. How much does that cost?

Either way, it is another hidden Ryanair charge :mad:

You could check in free using the new Ryanair app. There's no need to print boarding passes.

PeteDoff

As long as they don't sit the little darlings next to me, or I'll pull out my Photoshopped boarding card in the name of Rolf Harris, that'll shift em.

antenna

Find a internet cafe.....Simple,print out 5 boarding passes 2euro50cents .............it's not rocket science.

azzabazza

Think I will give the app a go when I travel in October.

http://www.independent.ie/life/travel/travel-news/new-ryanair-app-signals-the-end-of-paper-boarding-passes-30429618.html