Ryanair

caroltyler

Booked holiday with love holidays flights are with Ryanair.

Went to check in sorry not paying £14.99 for allocated seat per person each way.

Feeling bullied

marcia_

how long is the flight? Are you traveling with children?

Isthisforreal99

Feeling bullied by an optional extra? Clearly not flown much recently.

flaneurs_lobster

That message from Ryanair is refreshingly blunt.

Any hint at all from Love Holidays that there might be additional charges? If you've never flown Ryanair/easyJet before then I guess their pricing for 'extras' may come as a bit of a surprise.

Pretty sure that if you had booked with the likes of Jet2 or Tui then most seats on the plane can be reserved at no extra cost, although you'll pay extra for more legroom.

Woodstok2000

It's not bullying. You have 2 options - pay a fee to pick your seat, or accept random allocation and sit where Ryanair tell you.

Random allocation is not that bad - we flew to Mallorca last week and got aisle/window exit row seats with no-one in the middle without paying.

Ayr_Rage

Oh dear, didn't do your research before booking, it's not as though this is anything but Ryanair's policy for many years.

MyRealNameToo

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/6687355/ryanair

Then dont pay and you get what you are allocated

flaneurs_lobster

I'm curious, I don't use Ryanair and I don't have kids.

If an adult is travelling with kids, say 5, 8 & 11, and they don't pay the extra for allocated seating, do the kids just get randomly distributed around the plane?

eskbanker

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82174281#Comment_82174281

I don't think that this is a Ryanair and EasyJet thing at all - choosing seats (with entry-level economy tickets) is a chargeable extra with most airlines, including Jet2, Tui and even the likes of BA…

As above, it's a simple choice, pay and choose seats or don't pay and take what you're given - why OP chooses to portray this as 'bullying' is frankly bizarre!

eskbanker

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82174320#Comment_82174320

See this policy change from a few months ago:

https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2026/06/ryanair-parents-children-free/

soolin

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82174281#Comment_82174281

I haven't flown Jet 2 but I have used Tui and have always had to pay to chose my seats.

I usually use easyjet when I can, and pay then as well. The only time I use Ryanair is when I go to Bezier as no one else currently flies there from London - and just pay the little extra, it's usually around £6.99 or £8.99 on that flight for standard economy seats , but they do range towell over £20 for extra leg room.

Flying BA this month but haven't pre booked seats as it's a short internal flight and I'm sure my OH can manage without me for just short of an hour if we get seperated.