Ryanair new seating trick

Barny1979

Recently flew on Ryanair, checked in my self and girlfriend for free on both journeys and they have started splitting people who are coupled. Obviously to encourage you to pay for designated seats, as on the outbound flight there were a number of couples split, but a fair few spare seats on setting off.


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If you're interested in this you might like to read our news story from June:

Fury as Ryanair seats passengers 'rows apart' unless they pay to sit together

stuartJo1989

Be thankful that your flight wasn't cancelled.

JReacher1

I don’t believe they deliberately split up couples for no reason. You’re seeing more in this then there is

harz99

JReacher1 wrote: »

I don’t believe they deliberately split up couples for no reason. You’re seeing more in this then there is

They do and they are.


There's been loads of comment about this either on these forums or Google, it's old news.

Hermione_Granger

JReacher1 wrote: »

I don’t believe they deliberately split up couples for no reason. You’re seeing more in this then there is

A lot of people would disagree with you:
http://www.thejournal.ie/ryanair-seat-allocation-3470134-Jul2017/


https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hundreds-come-forward-to-complain-about-ryanair-seat-allocation-1.3112748


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4650310/Ryanair-random-seat-allocation-not-random-say-scientists.html


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/advice/ryanair-allocated-seating-policy-splitting-up-passengers/


http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/28/ryanair-dismisses-claims-it-deliberately-splits-up-families-on-flights-6741708/


And there are many, many more similar reports.
Are they all wrong?

JReacher1

Hermione_Granger wrote: »

A lot of people would disagree with you:
http://www.thejournal.ie/ryanair-seat-allocation-3470134-Jul2017/


https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hundreds-come-forward-to-complain-about-ryanair-seat-allocation-1.3112748


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-4650310/Ryanair-random-seat-allocation-not-random-say-scientists.html


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/advice/ryanair-allocated-seating-policy-splitting-up-passengers/


http://metro.co.uk/2017/06/28/ryanair-dismisses-claims-it-deliberately-splits-up-families-on-flights-6741708/


And there are many, many more similar reports.
Are they all wrong?

Yes they are. Unfortunately people are idiots and like to see conspiracy in everything.

There is no conspiracy, people who pay for seats choose aisles or window seats (nobody wants to sit in the middle). Therefore if you don’t pay for a seat allocation you’ll probably get a middle seat as many of these will be spare.

Believing that Ryanair decide to deliberately split up a couple when there is no need to is just paranoid claptrap.

If this was true it would have been leaked to the press by ex Ryanair employees.

peachyprice

JReacher1 wrote: »

Yes they are. Unfortunately people are idiots and like to see conspiracy in everything.

There is no conspiracy, people who pay for seats choose aisles or window seats (nobody wants to sit in the middle). Therefore if you don’t pay for a seat allocation you’ll probably get a middle seat as many of these will be spare.

Believing that Ryanair decide to deliberately split up a couple when there is no need to is just paranoid claptrap.

If this was true it would have been leaked to the press by ex Ryanair employees.

So by your logic all of the paid for seats are by passengers travelling alone or by couples trying the old 'leave a seat in the middle' trick? Really?

JReacher1

peachyprice wrote: »

So by your logic all of the paid for seats are by passengers travelling alone or by couples trying the old 'leave a seat in the middle' trick? Really?

So you also believe that Ryanair deliberately split up couples for the craic?

I refer you to my second sentence.....

Pollycat

Ryanair's 'new' seating policy has been discussed on here, including this thread started by MSE back in June:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5667860

And this one also started by MSE in June:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5658179

It was also featured on Watchdog.

NCC-1701

JReacher1 wrote: »

I don’t believe they deliberately split up couples for no reason. You’re seeing more in this then there is

You are wrong. It has been discussed at length on MSE.

Pollycat

NCC-1701 wrote: »

You are wrong. It has been discussed at length on MSE.

At great length, actually.