Flights, seat not included in price

soolin

theoretica said:

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LOGAN AIR 

https://www.loganair.co.uk/  

I've just played on their website and you can click the 'next' button without choosing a seat and not getting charged.  You will get a seat - just no choice/whatever they can't get someone to pay for.

I had no problems either and I’ve just done a dummy booking. I’ve flown with Logainair before and as I fly out of London City I’ve never booked seats as the flights tend to be quite empty and I’ve always received a seat next to my OH.

eDicky

I've never had cabin crew object to my moving to an unoccupied seat that I prefer, such as in an empty row or at least with an adjacent empty seat. However I would not move to a seat that I know costs extra, such as extra legroom by emergency exits, although I've occasionally been invited to do so on Asian airlines.

Depending on the type of flight, I'd make my move just as the doors are being closed and before the body count, or after takeoff when the seatbelt sign is switched off.

For the usually jam-packed shorthaul flights such as easyJet I would delay checking in online until just before the cutoff time, when everyone else has already checked in and been allocated seats. The seats that would cost extra are the last to be allocated, so nine times out of ten I would be assigned to an upfront or extra legroom seat for free.

However it's been about three years since I took a flight anywhere so situations may have changed.

zagfles

eDicky said:

I've never had cabin crew object to my moving to an unoccupied seat that I prefer, such as in an empty row or at least with an adjacent empty seat. However I would not move to a seat that I know costs extra, such as extra legroom by emergency exits, although I've occasionally been invited to do so on Asian airlines.

Depending on the type of flight, I'd make my move just as the doors are being closed and before the body count, or after takeoff when the seatbelt sign is switched off.

For the usually jam-packed shorthaul flights such as easyJet I would delay checking in online until just before the cutoff time, when everyone else has already checked in and been allocated seats. The seats that would cost extra are the last to be allocated, so nine times out of ten I would be assigned to an upfront or extra legroom seat for free.

However it's been about three years since I took a flight anywhere so situations may have changed.

Or if it's not quite full the extra legroom seats are sometimes unoccupied! As I found on the last (Wizz) flight I took.

I did what I usually do these days when travelling with just an "under seat" bag, try to be the last on the plane, so sat in the gate area watching others queue for ages, waited till the queue has gone. This is so I can put my bag & coat in the overhead locker, the cabin crew don't let people put small bags in the overhead locker normally as they're reserved for trolley bags which sometimes you have to pay more for. But once everyone's on they don't care, if there's spare room (there usually is) you can use it.

But then I noticed 2 extra legroom seats free, everyone else had boarded, so just sat in one!

The cabin crew didn't mind, in fact they seemed relieved that someone who could speak English was in the seat as apparently that's a requirement sitting in the emergency exit row, presumably so they can understand crew instructions in an emergency.

TELLIT01

theoretica said:

xxxxxxxx said:

LOGAN AIR 

https://www.loganair.co.uk/  

I've just played on their website and you can click the 'next' button without choosing a seat and not getting charged.  You will get a seat - just no choice/whatever they can't get someone to pay for.

I'd just played on their site and made the same assumption as the OP.  It's certainly not clear that you can simply click 'Next' and have the seat allocated at no charge.  Poor site design to say the least.

soolin

eDicky said:

I've never had cabin crew object to my moving to an unoccupied seat that I prefer, such as in an empty row or at least with an adjacent empty seat. However I would not move to a seat that I know costs extra, such as extra legroom by emergency exits, although I've occasionally been invited to do so on Asian airlines.

Depending on the type of flight, I'd make my move just as the doors are being closed and before the body count, or after takeoff when the seatbelt sign is switched off.

For the usually jam-packed shorthaul flights such as easyJet I would delay checking in online until just before the cutoff time, when everyone else has already checked in and been allocated seats. The seats that would cost extra are the last to be allocated, so nine times out of ten I would be assigned to an upfront or extra legroom seat for free.

However it's been about three years since I took a flight anywhere so situations may have changed.

Virtually all my recent flights have been with easyjet and have had empty rows as I travel on unpopular days. On all their flights recently they have asked people not to move seats without consulting cabin crew first due to weight distribution. Back in covid times I had booked a normal seat and myself and OH were asked if we wanted to move to the extra leg room seats free of charge as they wanted them filled in case of problems.

The last couple of flights had several empty rows at back and crew were happy to move people there but only after takeoff, one man behind me who moved as the doors closed was brought back and told not to move, but that might be because he was rather loud and argumentative and I suspect the cabin crew wanted to keep him where they could see him!

zagfles

TELLIT01 said:

theoretica said:

xxxxxxxx said:

LOGAN AIR 

https://www.loganair.co.uk/  

I've just played on their website and you can click the 'next' button without choosing a seat and not getting charged.  You will get a seat - just no choice/whatever they can't get someone to pay for.

I'd just played on their site and made the same assumption as the OP.  It's certainly not clear that you can simply click 'Next' and have the seat allocated at no charge.  Poor site design to say the least.

Or good design, if they want people to assume they have to pay

izawa

I think I get what you mean. Ryanair seems to have changed its instance. It will show you a fare but if you buy the fare for an adult and a chlid whilst opting a free seat, it will slap a fixed £6 charge. If you buy an expensive seat, that £6 isnt charged.

Voyager2002

zagfles said:

eDicky said:

I've never had cabin crew object to my moving to an unoccupied seat that I prefer, such as in an empty row or at least with an adjacent empty seat. However I would not move to a seat that I know costs extra, such as extra legroom by emergency exits, although I've occasionally been invited to do so on Asian airlines.

Depending on the type of flight, I'd make my move just as the doors are being closed and before the body count, or after takeoff when the seatbelt sign is switched off.

For the usually jam-packed shorthaul flights such as easyJet I would delay checking in online until just before the cutoff time, when everyone else has already checked in and been allocated seats. The seats that would cost extra are the last to be allocated, so nine times out of ten I would be assigned to an upfront or extra legroom seat for free.

However it's been about three years since I took a flight anywhere so situations may have changed.

Or if it's not quite full the extra legroom seats are sometimes unoccupied! As I found on the last (Wizz) flight I took.

I did what I usually do these days when travelling with just an "under seat" bag, try to be the last on the plane, so sat in the gate area watching others queue for ages, waited till the queue has gone. This is so I can put my bag & coat in the overhead locker, the cabin crew don't let people put small bags in the overhead locker normally as they're reserved for trolley bags which sometimes you have to pay more for. But once everyone's on they don't care, if there's spare room (there usually is) you can use it.

But then I noticed 2 extra legroom seats free, everyone else had boarded, so just sat in one!

The cabin crew didn't mind, in fact they seemed relieved that someone who could speak English was in the seat as apparently that's a requirement sitting in the emergency exit row, presumably so they can understand crew instructions in an emergency.

I had the opposite experience on Wizz: I moved to an emergency exit seat during the flight, and after a while an attendant came and invited me either to pay for the seat or move somewhere else.

diystarter7

elsien said:

Most seats nowadays are booked and allocated beforehand.  I’ve never paid for a seat with Jet2 and I’ve always been sat with the other person on the booking.

Hi


 Most seats are not booked beforehand and posts on this thread confirm that.

OP, just go in earlish



Thanks

zagfles

Voyager2002 said:

zagfles said:

eDicky said:

I've never had cabin crew object to my moving to an unoccupied seat that I prefer, such as in an empty row or at least with an adjacent empty seat. However I would not move to a seat that I know costs extra, such as extra legroom by emergency exits, although I've occasionally been invited to do so on Asian airlines.

Depending on the type of flight, I'd make my move just as the doors are being closed and before the body count, or after takeoff when the seatbelt sign is switched off.

For the usually jam-packed shorthaul flights such as easyJet I would delay checking in online until just before the cutoff time, when everyone else has already checked in and been allocated seats. The seats that would cost extra are the last to be allocated, so nine times out of ten I would be assigned to an upfront or extra legroom seat for free.

However it's been about three years since I took a flight anywhere so situations may have changed.

Or if it's not quite full the extra legroom seats are sometimes unoccupied! As I found on the last (Wizz) flight I took.

I did what I usually do these days when travelling with just an "under seat" bag, try to be the last on the plane, so sat in the gate area watching others queue for ages, waited till the queue has gone. This is so I can put my bag & coat in the overhead locker, the cabin crew don't let people put small bags in the overhead locker normally as they're reserved for trolley bags which sometimes you have to pay more for. But once everyone's on they don't care, if there's spare room (there usually is) you can use it.

But then I noticed 2 extra legroom seats free, everyone else had boarded, so just sat in one!

The cabin crew didn't mind, in fact they seemed relieved that someone who could speak English was in the seat as apparently that's a requirement sitting in the emergency exit row, presumably so they can understand crew instructions in an emergency.

I had the opposite experience on Wizz: I moved to an emergency exit seat during the flight, and after a while an attendant came and invited me either to pay for the seat or move somewhere else.

I expected exactly that when the attendant came up to me, but all she was interested in was whether I spoke English and told me how to open the door! But I did sit in the seat prior to takeoff, my allocated seat was 2 rows back on the same side so no issue with the plane balance...and easy "mistake" to make