Cheap airline seating

Nick_C

Brats64 wrote: »

Basically we have what is now classed as a Budget classic booking,but without the free seat

You have what you paid for. Presumably, you were happy with what you bought and the price you paid when you booked.

Its dynamic pricing. Best not to look at prices again once you have booked.

The airlines are free to market their seats in whatever way they choose, and to change conditions for new bookings. You are getting what you paid for.

jpsartre

Brats64 wrote: »

If this was 100% going to cost anyone booking now more money...as I was told on the phone...I wouldn’t have an issue,but that is not guaranteed to be the case...they may well pay less.

I'm agreeing with you on that - what you were told on the phone was rubbish. And it would have been rubbish whether or not the policy had changed. My point is, regardless of new policies, there could have easily been people booking after you that would pay less for flights + seats than you paid for flights only. So I don't see how you are any more disadvantaged under the new rules than you would have been under the old.

Ganga

Gloomendoom wrote: »

I'm tall. No fault of my own. I've been paying extra to have some comfort for years.

And i am sure it was worth it,why pay thousands for a holiday and spoil it for the sake of £40/£50 pounds,and i know this is a money saving forum but there is times to save money and times to spend extra.
What makes me laugh is people will not pay £10 extra for seat selection but will pay£6 a pint in an airport lounge:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

PeacefulWaters

Ganga wrote: »

And i am sure it was worth it,why pay thousands for a holiday and spoil it for the sake of £40/£50 pounds,and i know this is a money saving forum but there is times to save money and times to spend extra.
What makes me laugh is people will not pay £10 extra for seat selection but will pay£6 a pint in an airport lounge:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

You're going in the wrong lounge!

Ganga

PeacefulWaters wrote: »

You're going in the wrong lounge!

No at Newcastle airport that is the going price,i know we could book two places in the Aspire lounge and if we drank enough the price would come down per drink but we are not big drinkers and would defineatly not attept to fly drunk.:eek:

Ganga

Planet_Switzerland wrote: »

When I first came across the pay extra to sit together cost several years ago I'd never heard of people being split up on flights so just had it down as money for nothing and therefore didn't pay it.


We always did get to sit together, I'd even always request aisle seats as near to the front as possible at check in and it wasn't a problem, though I wouldn't be that near to the front.


However, the last couple of times I've been able to choose my seats which is something I'm willing to pay for as I can't stand waiting for other people to get off the plane and hate sitting anywhere other than the aisle.


I've always had the view that the 2 hours waiting for the flight should be spent testing how quickly people can get off the plane, fastest at the front and slowest at the back.[/QUOTE]

There was a program on the tv last week about aircraft crashes,called something like chaos at 35000 ft,it showed an aircraft that had caught fire on the ground and people were trying to get there belongings out of the overhead lockers instead of exiting the plane asap,unbelievable,i said to my wife if anybody did that to me i would have physically pushed them into the seats and got passed them and then sorted it out on the tarmac if they made it:eek:

DRFearn99

I have always found United Airlines allow seat booking immediately after booking is confirmed. This is free for regular seats. Of course there is the option to pay for extra leg room.

One thing to be aware of if one books very far in advance is that they may decide to change the operating aircraft. Last year, my wife and I were booked in row 8 of a B737-900. At some point, they changed (without any warning to us) the aircraft to a B737-800. Not much difference you may think, but the latter had no row 8. We were on separate bookings and were split up. When I noticed, I phoned United. As I started explaining the situation, I was interrupted; "what would you like me to do about this". I of course said I wanted my wife sitting beside me. The reply was "that's it done". So, it would have been good to have been alerted to the situation, but United fixed it immediately when I called.

Leasholm15

Hello.

I recently flew with Sri Lankan airlines and it wasn't until I went to check the baggage allowance that I realised I could have checked in and selected seats when the booking confirmation came through, and by the time I did select seats, a week before take off, most of the seats had been taken.

lakesider52

Singapore air have now introduced a seat charge if you book the cheapest ticket

lakesider52

According to the MSE airline seat guide, Ryan Air do not encourage swapping seats because of reasons relating to "weight, balance and safety." I do not recall Ryan Air asking for details of a passengers weight during the booking process so it appears that they are lying again.