Cheap airline seating

akh43

A_Frayed_Knot wrote: »

Just back from a trip with Ryanair, having booked 1 seat beside the others allocated seat, there was nothing at £4 for a seat, cheapest price was £7, then £10,£12,£17 then £25-for a front (4) rows. Just before take off - it was like musical chairs, this one swoping with that one, etc, etc, amusing to watch.However having paid to sit together, there was a to do party on the flight, worst 4 hours ever and the galling thing was we paid for that seat.
The 4 hour flight felt like the 4 days we were away for.

Same here, paid Ryanair £10 each for seats so DD and I could sit together and we were totally surrounded by around 10 noisy Hen Do girls. Staff did little to make them behave, in fact they sold them more drink which just made them worse. In the end we had to move and sit separately, When I spoke to cabin staff they said there was only 1 spare seat according to their records, luckily I found a couple of spare seats, but they were middle seats on different rows. Annoying that we paid to sit together and then had to move due to these disruptive passengers, I cannot believe the staff did nothing. Quite a few passengers commented on the disruption when leaving the plane and they just said they had to put up with this daily from Manchester. Why do they let a few unruly and selfish passengers ruin it for the rest?

mgdavid

akh43 wrote: »

....... Why do they let a few unruly and selfish passengers ruin it for the rest?

That's RA for you; you have a choice, why fly with them?

akh43

mgdavid wrote: »

That's RA for you; you have a choice, why fly with them?

First time I have even flown with them and probably my last after this experience.

bobbyhibs

hi

I was looking for advice in regards seating.My brother and I are flying american airlines edi-jfk next week,at the moment we have2 seats together which is fine, we however were hoping to have the seat beside us free ( we are not the smallest guys but are not the biggest either!)
I have checked and there is someone in the 3rd seat,which isn't the biggest problem i grant you, there seems to e alot of seats closer to the front ,which need to be paid for.Being a big tight and wanting to save money what are the chances of asking nicely to getitng 2 of these seats if noone buys-has them? better asking at check in and or going onto the aircraft last and asking nicely?

I am at the bottom of both ba and aa's loyalty cards ,though doubt this would help at all

any advice most welcome
thanks

Pollycat

As much chance as anyone else asking to move for free.

In my experience, if you want to move to a seat that attracts a premium, you'll have to pay the going rate.
But I've not flown with AA for a while.

bobbyhibs

Pollycat wrote: »

As much chance as anyone else asking to move for free.

In my experience, if you want to move to a seat that attracts a premium, you'll have to pay the going rate.
But I've not flown with AA for a while.

hi
and thanks for the advice! just anything to save a bit of money!:rotfl:

Pollycat

bobbyhibs wrote: »

hi
and thanks for the advice! just anything to save a bit of money!:rotfl:

Meant to say I've seen premium seats left empty because someone who wanted to move into them wouldn't pay the extra.
Even into a long-haul flight, cabin crew sent someone back to their own seat when they were trying it on and hoping nobody would notice.

bobbyhibs

Pollycat wrote: »

Meant to say I've seen premium seats left empty because someone who wanted to move into them wouldn't pay the extra.
Even into a long-haul flight, cabin crew sent someone back to their own seat when they were trying it on and hoping nobody would notice.

ah ok thanks for the info! if it came to it i'd consider paying but would rather not if that makes sense!
just for us going one way would be like £122 for us both
thanks for the feedback though

Pollycat

bobbyhibs wrote: »

ah ok thanks for the info! if it came to it i'd consider paying but would rather not if that makes sense!
just for us going one way would be like £122 for us both
thanks for the feedback though

You're welcome.
Would be helpful for you to get a viewpoint from someone who flies AA regularly or at least recently.

If you don't get any more replies, maybe consider posting on the Air Travel board on TripAdvisor.
Lots of US posters so you should get an idea of whether you stand a chance.
A word of warning though: don't sound like you're trying to get summat for nowt 'cos they can be a bit brutal IYSWIM.

eDicky

I've not flown with AA for many years, if ever, and it depends how and why the seats up front require payment, if a separate cabin or what. But there's two possible approaches.

First one is to be the last passengers to board, see what's available and take your pick without hesitation. I often do this if the flight's not full. If the crew are checking seat numbers as you move down the isle on entry and directing you as they sometimes do, then you can ask if it's ok. That brings us to the other approach, to ask at the boarding gate or/and when on board, if you could move seats and relieve the tight fit, being big guys.

But others who fly with AA may be able to say if there's much chance of success. If the seats are really something special and others are paying for them, they may feel bad and complain if they see you moving in for free.