Cheap airline seating

Pollycat

richardw wrote: »

If they have no teeth to enforce what they say, why bother saying it?

I agree 100%.
But if an official body can't/won't enforce it, why do people expect airlines to comply with guidelines?

PeacefulWaters

Ryanair charge £4 for a family where U12s are involved.

https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/useful-info/help-centre/faq-overview/Travelling-with-children/Will-families-be-split-up-if-they-do-not-wish-to-pay-for-allocated-seating

jpsartre

DIN wrote: »

On the return leg I was allocated the window seat of the emergency exit. Now thankfully I am very fit and healthy, but I am also 75, so surely I should not have been there?

If you're fit and healthy, why not? If you feel you wouldn't be able to perform the necessary actions in case of an emergency then you should have said this to cabin crew when they come round to ask people sitting at the emergency exits if they are happy to do so.

silvercar

Dolly2cv wrote: »

I believe all children should be seated next to a parent at no cost on any flight, This should be a standard requirement. Any persons whom have access to children through work , volunteering or otherwise are required by law to be DBS checked . So why is an airline such as Ryanair being allowed to dictate a compulsory extra cost for you to be guaranteed a seat next to your child , should you not be willing to pay , they should not be seating your child next to anybody else other than the child's parent unless they can provide evidence that the complete stranger whom they intend seating your child next to has an up to date DBS certificate? This needs regulating.

A bit of a difference between a strange adult having access to your child in front of 200 other people, including the parent and an adult alone with a child.

If you are not prepared to pay £4 to sit your child next to you, which must be a small percentage of your total holiday cost, then why should anyone else be bothered.

jpsartre

Dolly2cv wrote: »

So why is an airline such as Ryanair being allowed to dictate a compulsory extra cost for you to be guaranteed a seat next to your child , should you not be willing to pay

Nobody's forced to fly with them, you know. And what kind of parent wouldn't pay £4 to ensure they sit next to their child anyway?

msmarlow

When you check in online with Virgin you can reserve your seats at no extra cost 24 hours prior to take off.
If you want to pre-check the seating plan and see what seats are already booked, just enter your booking ref on the Virgin website at anytime and click on the 'choose seat' option (usually far left). You are not committing to pay for seats by doing this.
If you believe your flight will be full and don't want to risk random seat allocation you can choose to pay to reserve either standard or pay extra for extra space seats at anytime prior to 24 hour check in.
If seat availability looks good, check in asap 24 hours before and select your seats at no extra charge. You will still have to pay for extra legroom seats at this stage, the only way of getting those for free is by checking in at the airport, taking a chance that the flight will be full and all economy seats have been previously selected/allocated.
I hope this helps.


Been reading the airline seating thread.
Your No 7 tip states that you can choose your seats for free with Virgin Atlantic as soon as you book,as long as you are checking in baggage to the hold.
We have used Virgin quite a few times to fly to the states,and they always want a fee for pre-booked seats.
We have a trip booked with them to New York in May,and if I try to book seats,they want £30 per seat...how is that free?[/QUOTE]

kennymcc

baza52 wrote: »

4G would suggest the seat has 6 other seats to the left. (4A-4F) and if thats the case it wont be business class.
A 747 economy cabin is 3x4x3 in general and premium economy would perhaps be 2x3x2.
Business class is not going to have at least 7 seats per row. more like 4

Aer Lingus (and many other airlines, I think) don't always use all letters. From their seat map for their long-haul jets, business class row 4 is 4A, 4D, 4H, 4J, 4K, and economy rows are A, C, D, E, F, G, H, K. I'm sure there's a reason for this, but I can't think of it.

I'm definitely booked into a biz class seat right now, but as someone else suggested, I'm almost certainly going to get bumped. I can dream for now, though.

richardw

kennymcc wrote: »

Aer Lingus (and many other airlines, I think) don't always use all letters. From their seat map for their long-haul jets, business class row 4 is 4A, 4D, 4H, 4J, 4K, and economy rows are A, C, D, E, F, G, H, K. I'm sure there's a reason for this, but I can't think of it...

There’s no middle seat B, so B is not used.

Aer Lingus seat maps http://thelingussource.com/aerlingus/seatmaps.html

robrob57

There is no greater rip off than being purposely split up because you never booked seats in advance. Simple solution? When the steward comes round to sell you food, drink, duty free etc just point that you will not be buying from them because you have been split from your partner. Hitting them in thew pocket is the best way to respond.

Pollycat

robrob57 wrote: »

There is no greater rip off than being purposely split up because you never booked seats in advance. Simple solution? When the steward comes round to sell you food, drink, duty free etc just point that you will not be buying from them because you have been split from your partner. Hitting them in thew pocket is the best way to respond.

Or better still - because you pay for your drinks after they've been served - say "the chap in seat 27F is paying for these. Cheers".