Jet 2 FREE Child places only if not a single parent family!!!

Busybees19

Hi there

Like everyone I’m looking for a summer holiday for my children and I, but we would travel 1 adults and 2 children. I was attracted to the FREE child places offered via JET 2; I tried to search but was stopped in my tracks with a condition of only 2 fare paying adults can take benefit from the offer of free child place! I feel discriminated against for being a single parent travelling alone, as I would be paying full fare for myself and my daughter and look to get the FREE place for my youngest. I have pasted below the T&C’s as I feel I would not be alone in travelling as 1 adult and 2 children!!!

Free Child Places
Availability - Free Child places are subject to availability and are only applicable on selected accommodation / departure dates / departure points / room types and board basis. Free Child Places may be added or withdrawn at any time prior to booking and the latest availability will be shown prior to booking.
Price and charges - The basic flight fare (including all taxes and non-optional charges), one piece of check-in baggage, accommodation and coach transfers form the ‘FREE’ element of the price. All other ancillary charges on the flight or during the holiday, such as legroom and in-flight meals, room upgrades, and optional meal arrangements, and for villas, pool heating, shall be chargeable.
Other passengers required on booking - one Free Child place is available when there are at least 2 passengers paying the full adult price. There can only be one Free Child place per room on the booking (except for villa products where there can only be one Free Child place per villa). With the exception of villa products, multiple Free Child places can be booked as long as there are at least 2 passengers paying the full adult price per child place and each Free Child place is assigned into a different room and there is availability of free child places. Where a party consists of one adult and two children, one child will be charged the full adult price and the other child will receive the Free Child place.
Child Age - The child age where a Free Child would be applicable is displayed on the accommodation description page of the brochure and on our website. The child age on the date of return must not exceed the specified age to be applicable to a Free Child.
Deposit - The full deposit must be paid for the Free Child place and the deposit will be deducted from the final holiday invoice. This will be displayed at time of booking.
Cancellation - If you cancel your holiday there will be a £60 charge payable in respect of the child, in addition to any charges set out in clause 5 above.
Changing your holiday - If you change your holiday then, in addition to the terms set out in clause 5 above, you will be obliged to pay the new price of the new holiday (less any deposit) and the amendment fees per person in place at that time if you change from:
(i) a holiday with Free Child availability to one without Free Child availability; or
(ii) a holiday with no Free Child availability to one with Free Child availability. However, if you change from a holiday with no Free Child availability to a holiday with Free Child availability, this shall be treated as a cancellation, the terms set out in clause 6 above shall apply and you shall be obliged to pay the new holiday price, including a new deposit, together with a the relevant cancellation fees for the original booking. Your original deposit shall not be refunded.
Where we change your holiday – no compensation is provided for Free Child places.
Free Child places cannot be combined with any other promotions or offers, unless otherwise stated.


Look forward to hearing your thoughts as this is very frustrating for single parents trying to holiday on a budget just like everyone else!!

Bradden

Not sure why you're unhappy.. it's one free child place per two adult tickets booked. Are you saying you think they should offer two free child places per single adult booking? I'm not sure it would be financially viable for them to offer that deal... and if they did someone with 3 children would probably complain.

spadoosh

First thing you need to realise is that nothing is free.

Lets say jet 2 have a plane with 100 seats and a hotel with 100 rooms. They want to make £10k profit on those things and the plane ticket and room cost £100 per person. So 100 x £100 = £10,000, to make £10k profit they need to sell all the tickets for £10k more or on a per ticket basis £200 each. Fair dictates that everyone pays £200 each. But then there someone who live on benefits on the same flight as someone who owns £5 million in property so the fairness is questionable already.

Ultimately Jet 2 dont care how much each ticket is sold for as long as they are all sold for £20k. That might mean when they release the flights tickets are £250 each but when it comes close to flight times they decrease to ensure full capacity. It might mean they offer 1 free child place to those who are buying 2 or more adult tickets. Or they might offer armed forces discount, or ensioner discount, frequent flyer discount.

Lets say im in charge of jet 2, im targetting my holidays. IM selling plane tickets for £50. When we sell two adult tickets and a childs ticket the average spend on board is £30% more than compared with the average spend of the single parent, whose disposable income we already know is more likely to be lower and they will spend less on board. Who do i want on my plane, the person whos going to spend more.

Its cut throat but that is life and business. What you need to remember and focus on is you have the capacity to make choices yourself. You dont like jet2, dont ever use them. You will already make a lot of choices based on your finances and your predicament that are detrimental to you as a single parent family than those who have two parents in them. Its basic economies of scale. I mean you dont get your house any cheaper because theres not another parent do you? You dont get paid more (from employment) because theres isnt another parent. This is one of those situations unfortunately.

Ganga

Why is this posted here as it is not a bargain or an offer or a holiday deal