paying for seats with Ryan Air

equinoxg

Hello,
I have a daughter who is 38 with Down Syndrome. She has severe learning difficulties and, just like parents with young children, cannot sit alone during a flight. I need to be with her at all times. I always have to pay the extra for booked seats so that we can be together. Please could MSE take this into account when trying to ensure that parents with children do not pay for extra seat. After all, it is an extra tax on disability.

Stevie_Palimo

MSE cannot really help you here by taking anything into account as they do not govern the airlines or set any price structure and finally have any influence as to what goes on behind the scenes at the airlines cost wise.

It is only down to an individual to shop about and look for the deals.

Mr_Wangers_Wang

equinoxg wrote: »

Hello,
I have a daughter who is 38 with Down Syndrome. She has severe learning difficulties and, just like parents with young children, cannot sit alone during a flight. I need to be with her at all times. I always have to pay the extra for booked seats so that we can be together. Please could MSE take this into account when trying to ensure that parents with children do not pay for extra seat. After all, it is an extra tax on disability.

I don't agree it's a tax on disability. But I do agree you should be seated together for free and I am certain, if you were to call up before hand, or, if you pointed it out once on board the aircraft, allowances would be made.

DomRavioli

equinoxg wrote: »

Hello,
I have a daughter who is 38 with Down Syndrome. She has severe learning difficulties and, just like parents with young children, cannot sit alone during a flight. I need to be with her at all times. I always have to pay the extra for booked seats so that we can be together. Please could MSE take this into account when trying to ensure that parents with children do not pay for extra seat. After all, it is an extra tax on disability.

Firstly, if you look here (https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/useful-info/help-centre/faq-overview/Special-assistance) it clearly says they will do their best to ensure you are seated together - this is the same on ALL airlines. So if you choose to pay for that (it is usually free of charge), then that is your choice. They provide special assistance to those who are disabled. They can do everything from special passes for security meaning you don't have to wait in a large line, to helping on and off the aircraft, seating, and a fair bit more. It is a fairly well advertised thing on most airline sites.

Secondly, it isn't a tax on disability. As a disabled person I find your comments to be rude and unfounded (I fly a fair amount and have never had an issue with ryanair, or any other airline). Perhaps if you did a simple google search you would not be so unhappy.

leylandsunaddict

It's got nothing to do with MSE. MSE has nothing to do with airlines, or airlines policies.

It isn't a tax on disability, anymore than it isn't a tax on families, or a tax on nervous flyers, or anyone else that needs to be seated with a travelling companion. One of my friends is disabled and would be appalled by your comment.

lea2012

I'm guessing the op is referring to the campaign that mse are currently doing, or appear to be doing based on recent TV and press, where they are asking airlines not to charge for families to be seated together. Some airlines charge extra to prebook seats to guarantee that you will be together and mse appears to want to put an end to this practice. The op is asking that mse can also ask for the airlines to not charge for disabled people to sit with their carer if needs be, or at least that's how I read it.

Most airlines will allow a carer to sit with a disabled person for free, and if their medical needs requires them to do so, so I don't think it needs to be part of the campaign as such but perhaps now the op will realise that they no longer need to pay that fee.

I don't think we can say that all disabled people would be offended by their comments or their reference to it as a tax. Everyone is different and the op can only draw on their own experience.

maman

Surely it's no more a tax on disability than it's a tax on people who have children or nervous people who want to sit with their partners or anyone who wants to know where they will sit on the plane.


DH and I choose and pay for aisle seats. I don't consider it a tax on people with long legs or weak bladders!

budgetflyer

When we take my dad away, we book special assistance with Ryanair. Its FREE and we are always sat together.

littlereddevil

I always pay to choose seats, but how is that a tax?

maman

littlereddevil wrote: »

I always pay to choose seats, but how is that a tax?

I think OP thinks there shouldn't be a charge for being the carer for a disabled person.

DomRavioli

maman wrote: »

I think OP thinks there shouldn't be a charge for being the carer for a disabled person.

There isn't a charge. Its called special assistance.