Cheap airline seating

norman270146

Airlines that let you choose seats free.
We booked in August with Oman air, to Thailand with sky scanner. When I got the booking details
I telephoned Oman Air customer service. Who we’re excellent and reserved our seats.

Lou2

Just travelled back to UK from Italy on Easyjet. I didn't pay for seat selection but I was one of the first people to book the flight back in April and the seating plan at that stage showed an almost empty plane. However Easyjet still allocated us seats in different rows (one window, one aisle), which would appear to contradict their claim to you that they will seat members of one single booking together where possible. There were only two of us and I booked early, so it was not at all difficult for Easyjet to seat us together, but the only way I could get allocated adjacent seats online was to pay an additional change, and I object to that. It's just a ticket hidden price increase.

Westin

Lou2 wrote: »

Just travelled back to UK from Italy on Easyjet. I didn't pay for seat selection but I was one of the first people to book the flight back in April and the seating plan at that stage showed an almost empty plane. However Easyjet still allocated us seats in different rows (one window, one aisle), which would appear to contradict their claim to you that they will seat members of one single booking together where possible. There were only two of us and I booked early, so it was not at all difficult for Easyjet to seat us together, but the only way I could get allocated adjacent seats online was to pay an additional change, and I object to that. It's just a ticket hidden price increase.

The airline seating is not done at time of booking but when their online check-in window opens.

balsingh

Regarding the concern about families with children being split, do the CAA recommendations also apply in the US? Would they split kids from their parents on an internal US flight??

unforeseen

That's up to the FAA in the US.

CAA has no say in flights within other countries.

AGGIS

I’m 6 feet 9 inches tall, probably 6 feet 11 inches with my walking boots on & struggle to get into standard seats.
More often than not I can’t even get my bottom onto the seat.
Are there any rules?
Is my height classed as a disability? As if someone had had an accident on holiday & needed room the airline would arrange space.
The other issue is that when I’m rammed into a seat, I wouldn’t be able to get into the safety crash position.
I know all the airlines offer the option to get extra leg room at a price, but this would get very expensive for me and also I feel unjustifiably treated as this isn’t an option, because I can’t fit into their seat spaces.
Thankfully one of the cabin staff move me most times but on a number of flights they ignore me, so I have to stick my legs into the aisle, then they wonder why they can’t get their trolley past.
On one flight I couldn’t even sit on the armrest, the flight attendant asked me what i was going to do !?!
There were free seats, but she needed to consult the captain!
I was eventually move but it was a little embarrassing.
Some Airlines are more helpful than others, but if there was some ruling to help extra tall people at the time of booking, it’d be very useful & make the flying experience better.

Nick_C

You have my sympathy, you are abnormally tall.

But do you expect bed manufacturers to provide you with an extra long bed for the same price as a normal one?

Do you expect a house builder to sell you a house with extra high ceilings for a standard price?

If airlines provide more leg room, then they carry fewer passengers. The money has to come from somewhere, they are running a business.

Some airlines make obese passengers pay for two seats. But accommodating someone who is exceptionally tall is more of a challenge.

Putting your feet in the aisle is not an answer.

Seats that you could fit comfortably in are available in business class. Those seats cost more partly because you get more personal space.

zagfles

Nick_C wrote: »

You have my sympathy, you are abnormally tall.

But do you expect bed manufacturers to provide you with an extra long bed for the same price as a normal one?

Do you expect a house builder to sell you a house with extra high ceilings for a standard price?

If airlines provide more leg room, then they carry fewer passengers. The money has to come from somewhere, they are running a business.

Some airlines make obese passengers pay for two seats. But accommodating someone who is exceptionally tall is more of a challenge.

Putting your feet in the aisle is not an answer.

Seats that you could fit comfortably in are available in business class. Those seats cost more partly because you get more personal space.

What about disabilities? Does the same apply? If not why not? Airlines offer extra assistance for disabled people at no extra charge, do you object? Other forms of public transport have seats reserved for disabled people, usually seats with more room which a very tall person would easily find adequate. Do you object to bus companies having such seats? Or do you think people who need them should pay more?

It seems people travelling by bus are generally very considerate of other peoples' greater needs, if they're sat in a priority seat they'll usually move if someone who really needs it gets on, without whinging about who paid what. But on planes it's all me me me.

Nick_C

zagfles wrote: »

What about disabilities?

Different issue. Being exceptionally tall is not currently considered to be a disability.

Nick_C

zagfles wrote: »

Yeah, I thought you'd be incapable of answering the rest of the post.

I'm perfectly capable of addressing the rest of your post but it would be well off topic and I chose not to. If you think its an area that merits discussion perhaps you should start a new thread. If it interests me, I may contribute to it. Although your gratuitous rudeness makes it unlikely that I would chose to engage with you on that or any other topic.

It is perfectly possible to engage with other FMs on matter you disagree with without resorting to rudeness.