National express 1 adult book 2 seats?

Marvel1

Looking at prices for both National Express and train.

National express is cheaper by at least £60 - booking as 2 adults.  This is compared to 1 adult for a train.

Is it ok to book as 2 adults to have 2 seats just for myself?

It probably is,  probably just me overthinking that other passengers may think its free and its not.

JGB1955

Why not book just one ticket?  I've never had to sit next to anyone on either a National Express coach (or a Flixbus in Europe).   If you book 2 seats - just use them both.  You'll have proof of buying both of them.

outtatune

A seat that doesn't have anyone sitting on it is a free seat. You'd be wasting your money.

Marvel1

JGB1955 said:

Why not book just one ticket?  I've never had to sit next to anyone on either a National Express coach (or a Flixbus in Europe).   If you book 2 seats - just use them both.  You'll have proof of buying both of them.

Rather sit on my own and stretch out, but sounds good on your experience of sitting alone.

MilesT6060842

Actually, there is a fair and wider question here. 

What is National Express / Megabus (etc). policy for people who need an extra seat next to them:

• Person of size who cannot fit in a single seat/use a single seat belt, or would potentially injure (by cramping) user of the adjoining seat because of their size on a full bus?
• Injured (e.g. large leg cast) so can't sit properly within the single seat
• large fragile musical instrument. 
  (I know the answer to this one--is not/was not a supported reason for extra seat booking on National Express, all large items in the luggage area underneath, and most professional musicians simply will not risk this with an instrument costing £5k+, sometimes a lot more, and could be damaged/rendered unusable without specialist repair by a sudden movement even in a hard side case)

These are all reasons for extra seat booking you can do on an airline (even low cost ones have ways of doing this, even if you have to fudge the system by booking a ticket for "Mr. Cello" with the airline's help desk approval to avoid needing a travel document for a thing.

The first case is also relevant to (some) trains (I'm thinking all seated trains like Lumo)

tightauldgit

outtatune said:

A seat that doesn't have anyone sitting on it is a free seat. You'd be wasting your money.

There is a limited amount of reservable assigned seating on NE so if you pay to reserve it then its not free.

Having said that I've never had to sit next to anyone on the NE bus but I imagine routes vary.

maman

Not sure whether OP wants to sit alone or is it possible that 2 adults are cheaper than one? Surely not? 🤔

HillStreetBlues

How is NE these days?
I haven't used them since the £1 fun fares

Marvel1

maman said:

Not sure whether OP wants to sit alone or is it possible that 2 adults are cheaper than one? Surely not? 🤔

Sit alone