Easyjet seating policy

JGB1955

I had a similar experience on a trip to Rome from Bristol - on the outward trip my daughter and I were separated ... something like 31D and 30F... no problem... she was only an arms length away from me (and in her 30's, so didn't need supervision....). Seats next to each other on the way home. Personally, I like seats at the back, even if they ARE near the toilet - you're the first off!

JGB1955

I'm beginning to think that checking in late, but not TOO late might avoid this.

JGB1955

Going back to my previous post - the lady in seat 31B was told that she had to move to 31C because A and B were allocated to her children - I guess that was in the event of an emergency. She was better mannered about the seat change than I would have been.

soolin

zagfles wrote: »

Flight attendants can insist people move, no airline will guarantee the seat you've "booked", the T&Cs will always state you could be moved. Usually they refer to it as "selecting a preferred seat" rather than "booking" a seat.

But they will usually ask for volunteers first to avoid people throwing strops, it's usually worth volunteering, was on one flight recently when the person who was moved got a free drink, and many years ago was on a flight where the volunteer got upgraded to business class :cool: The latter obviously won't happen on Easyjet :rotfl:

I knew they could ask you to move for safety issues or where the plane is not full and they want to redistribute the weight, I was not aware they could insist you move to accommodate someone who has not previously booked a seat. In the case I mentioned above, which was a Malaga flight , the woman they threatened to off load was the one who had not booked a seat , no one would move for,her and the flight attendants told her she either sat where she was allocated or left the plane (she was getting very loud and angry)

zagfles

soolin wrote: »

I knew they could ask you to move for safety issues or where the plane is not full and they want to redistribute the weight, I was not aware they could insist you move to accommodate someone who has not previously booked a seat. In the case I mentioned above, which was a Malaga flight , the woman they threatened to off load was the one who had not booked a seat , no one would move for,her and the flight attendants told her she either sat where she was allocated or left the plane (she was getting very loud and angry)

They can move you to make way for some celeb! https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6984336/jet2-staff-move-family-coleen-rooney/
But CAA guidelines say it is a safety issue if young children are separated from their parents:

https://www.caa.co.uk/Passengers/On-board/Seating-allocation/

Young children and infants who are accompanied by adults should ideally be seated in the same seat row as the adult. Where this is not possible, children should be separated by no more than one seat row from accompanying adults. This is because the speed of an emergency evacuation may be affected by adults trying to reach their children.

"Young" isn't defined, so might not apply to a 12 year old (after all 12 year olds can fly alone on most airlines). But PP's son is 7, plus in a cast, so can't believe the cabin crew wouldn't sort it (or someone will volunteer).

Particularly the person sat next to the child if OP does what I said above re sickbag :rotfl:

soolin

zagfles wrote: »

They can move you to make way for some celeb! https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6984336/jet2-staff-move-family-coleen-rooney/
But CAA guidelines say it is a safety issue if young children are separated from their parents:

https://www.caa.co.uk/Passengers/On-board/Seating-allocation/
"Young" isn't defined, so might not apply to a 12 year old (after all 12 year olds can fly alone on most airlines). But PP's son is 7, plus in a cast, so can't believe the cabin crew wouldn't sort it (or someone will volunteer).

Particularly the person sat next to the child if OP does what I said above re sickbag :rotfl:

This has been discussed on here before, it is a recommendation not a requirement and cannot be enforced. A row or two apart is probably quite possible so I can't imagine it being too much of an issue as with rows of three the 'spare' seat is often one of a couple anyway who is already seated apart from their travelling companion so it makes no difference if they move so that parents can move a bit nearer to a child .

As you rightly say this is not a young child, we have family in Canada and their children travelled alone from quite a young age on transatlantic flights.

zagfles

soolin wrote: »

This has been discussed on here before, it is a recommendation not a requirement and cannot be enforced.

Indeed - but the point was that it's a safety issue, so one of the reason cabin crew can and do require people to move even from a "prebooked" seat.

A row or two apart is probably quite possible so I can't imagine it being too much of an issue as with rows of three the 'spare' seat is often one of a couple anyway who is already seated apart from their travelling companion so it makes no difference if they move so that parents can move a bit nearer to a child .

As you rightly say this is not a young child, we have family in Canada and their children travelled alone from quite a young age on transatlantic flights.

Yup - probably not at 7 though! Not without the airline's "unaccompanied minor" service anyway!

Westin

Perhaps Naomi can tell us exactly what seats have been given to the party of seven.

Could be a seat in front, seat behind, or similarly close.

Whilst the child has been allocated a seat separate from the others it doesn’t mean that they cannot swap seats between themselves. Are two other adults close together?

leylandsunaddict

I would have tried a less aggressive approach ie I see you have sat us all separately and unfortunately my son has got a broken arm so really needs one of us sat with him - do you have any suggestions?


Accusing the airline of being irresponsible and suggesting they might sit him next to a !!!!!phile is a BIT of an over-reaction!

I'd have taken responsibility for my child and paid to make sure he was sat with me, instead of just passing the buck to the airline and accusing them of being irresponsible, and then going off on a flight of hyperbole.

Why is it always someone else to blame or someone elses responsibility these days. Personal responsibility seems to have vanished in an ever growing number of people.

maman

leylandsunaddict wrote: »

I'd have taken responsibility for my child and paid to make sure he was sat with me, instead of just passing the buck to the airline and accusing them of being irresponsible, and then going off on a flight of hyperbole.

Why is it always someone else to blame or someone elses responsibility these days. Personal responsibility seems to have vanished in an ever growing number of people.

I admit I've not read the whole thread but I very much agree with the principle of what you've said.

My DH and I often travel with easyjet and we have our preferred seats so we book them . Airlines try to accommodate people with children as best they can but surely the primary person who should be concerned about the child is the parent. I've little sympathy with a parent who abdicates responsibility to the airline just to save a few pounds.