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Money Moral Dilemma: Should I have to pay extra for sitting with my friends on a flight?
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You should refund your friend as they paid for you.
But the main question should be, how much will these rip-off airlines charge customers just to sit on a specific seat until flying with them becomes economically non-sensical? Surely, it requires zero administrative/personnel input by the company to allocate a passenger a seat as this can be done online, just like you choose your seat when buying a cinema/theatre ticket.
Soon, they will start charging customers for the number of times they visit the airplane toilet and there would be specific costs depending on what number you're doing in the toilet!:rotfl:0 -
Mountain_Man wrote: »The question ought to be - 'why on earth can airlines get away with charging for sitting with the rest of a group'. If groups are separated it results in many people wandering up & down the aisle to chat with their friends.
because people are stupid enough to pay it.The questions that get the best answers are the questions that give most detail....0 -
You should be grateful your friend was happy to take on the thankless role of booking on behalf of everyone.... pay up! Whilst more than you expected, I’m sure it’s a tiny % of your total holiday cost!!0
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And the moral dilemma is? Very misleading headline0
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Yes. You didn’t clarify cost first. I never pay to sit together and have always been sat with my husband. Most airlines apart from Ryanair will sit people together. Check in online as early as you can.0
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Here’s how I truly feel about it. There is already a substantial charge for flying. I get that. I really do. However. The extras these companies keep finding to take liberties with is getting ridiculous and is offensive. My take? If it’s short haul take your seat and just relax. If it’s long haul then decide before you fly and only if it’s worth it. Otherwise. Get on dog tired and go to sleep. We need to stop giving our hard earned cash to people who already have millions and do not respect us enough to just give you a seat based on when you booked0
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Just pay up, it's done and dusted, over and done with.
No point whining now.
Suck it up, put it down to experience.0 -
theonlywayisup wrote: »Another pointless "money moral dilemma", I do wonder what MSE get out of this sort of thread.
Agreed. I think the MSE team just make some of these up 'dilemmas' up. Usually you'd pay £3-7 to choose your seat - £25 seems ridiculously high. Just imagine if it was a really large group. Surely the flight booker would check back with the group first, or risk being hundreds out of pocket.0 -
Sorry, but if you are too daft to ask the cost before giving the go ahead, you need to cough up and put it down to lesson learnt.0
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Most airlines will try and seat you together if you make the booking as a group. We fly frequently - both with family and with friends. Our biggest booking was for 7 passengers - with kids. We were all seated together at no additional cost.
Clearly, if you want absolute certainty that you are sitting together then you will need to accept the additional cost for this. Why airlines have hiked-up the cost of seat reservations though is something of a mystery. £7 (or £15 for extra leg room) each way was more reasonable.
Hope this helps.0
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