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TUI plane seat reservation
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I wondered that too, particularly when I read that two of them were the young children of the couple getting married.:(
On the more general point of paying for seats, it does seem to be getting a bit silly. DH and I have always paid for aisle seat on easyjet just behind the more expensive front ones (about rows 9 or 10).
Last week I booked a flight to Amsterdam with Flybe from my local airport. They wanted the best part of £18 for a seat anywhere on the aircraft. I'll just have to manage for an hour or so without my beloved.
Good for TUI. Nothing worse for neighbouring passengers than a group who decide to start the party early and get on board already tipsy and loud, only to carry on drinking in a confined space where nobody can escape them!
I have no issue with it - apart from the cost of doing it creeps ever upwards. But I do it to choose where we sit. I find the people who don't pay and then inconvenience those who have by demanding they sit together, delaying things or forcing those who have paid to move - those people are the worst. If you didn't pay - you should have zero chance to move seats from those allocated to you. Regardless of the circumstances. And if you complain you should be immediately ejected from the flight.
Doesn't matter what the poll says and what are its results. As long as people are willing to pay for the seat allocation; airlines are going to charge for it. I don't think that it's fair, but let's be real.
They too have a right to enjoy the flight and if that means trying to sleep on an overnight flight, 8 people whooping it up is not acceptable.
No airline is putting their hand in your pocket and taking your cash.
No airline is accessing your bank account and taking your money.
It's an option (key word) that has a cost attached to it.
You choose to pay or choose not to pay.