Booked a holiday as a family of 4 but not sitting together?
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I booked a holiday package through love holiday for us 4 (2 adults, 2 young kids).
When I got the email confirmation through, the flights came in 2 emails rather than one. For some reason, i'm at one end of the plane with my daughter and my wife is at the other with my son.
Surely this should've just been booked as one and we would all be together?
I know you can pay £15 or whatever to book seats but I don't care where we are and assumed you book as a 4 so at the very minimum, your allocated seats are next to each other.
Of course if i'm in the wrong, i'll just have to pay even more money just to sit together but surely if the agent booked it as one, the seats would be together?
When I got the email confirmation through, the flights came in 2 emails rather than one. For some reason, i'm at one end of the plane with my daughter and my wife is at the other with my son.
Surely this should've just been booked as one and we would all be together?
I know you can pay £15 or whatever to book seats but I don't care where we are and assumed you book as a 4 so at the very minimum, your allocated seats are next to each other.
Of course if i'm in the wrong, i'll just have to pay even more money just to sit together but surely if the agent booked it as one, the seats would be together?
rich12 said:
I booked a holiday package through love holiday for us 4 (2 adults, 2 young kids).
When I got the email confirmation through, the flights came in 2 emails rather than one. For some reason, i'm at one end of the plane with my daughter and my wife is at the other with my son.
Surely this should've just been booked as one and we would all be together?
I know you can pay £15 or whatever to book seats but I don't care where we are and assumed you book as a 4 so at the very minimum, your allocated seats are next to each other.
Of course if i'm in the wrong, i'll just have to pay even more money just to sit together but surely if the agent booked it as one, the seats would be together?
I'm sure this is done on purpose if you haven't paid to sit together.When I got the email confirmation through, the flights came in 2 emails rather than one. For some reason, i'm at one end of the plane with my daughter and my wife is at the other with my son.
Surely this should've just been booked as one and we would all be together?
I know you can pay £15 or whatever to book seats but I don't care where we are and assumed you book as a 4 so at the very minimum, your allocated seats are next to each other.
Of course if i'm in the wrong, i'll just have to pay even more money just to sit together but surely if the agent booked it as one, the seats would be together?
Allegedly Ryanair split a number of couples by default on each aircraft unless they've paid up front to chose particular seats.
Last two flights I've been on all they've actually done is sat Mrs A with Mr B and Mr A next to Mrs B. Simple enough to start a conversation to see if that's the case and swap round to sit next to your partner when the seatbelt sign goes off.
Does depend on how fit Mrs B is though...
Last two flights I've been on all they've actually done is sat Mrs A with Mr B and Mr A next to Mrs B. Simple enough to start a conversation to see if that's the case and swap round to sit next to your partner when the seatbelt sign goes off.
Does depend on how fit Mrs B is though...
rich12 said:
assumed you book as a 4 so at the very minimum, your allocated seats are next to each other.
Wrong assumption! Been like this quite a while now with several airlines. Also if you have opted for the cheapest quote, especially via a booking agency, check it includes baggage. Some airlines, eg BA, do not include baggage at their lowest prices, so you get to check in and have a quite large extra to pay to get your luggage on the plane.
This is all to do with getting you to buy their product because you think it's the cheapest, after which you discover what you've bought is not what you expected, and as a result you spend more.
R.
rich12 said:
This is 100% done on purpose, why else would they do the booking in 2 parts?
They confirm the flights with Ryanair for 4 people and job done right? I can't think of a single reason why it would be done in 2 parts except for this exact reason.
That's the reason, you can either pay or sit apart. IIRC you now get guaranteed cabin bags if you book seats, but if you've also got cabin baggage it's not much of a benefit.They confirm the flights with Ryanair for 4 people and job done right? I can't think of a single reason why it would be done in 2 parts except for this exact reason.
CAA rules say family members shouldn't be seated apart (doesn't mean right next to each other though) because in the event of an emergency they'll try and get to each other and cause disruption.
Flying on 'proper' airlines for work I've been moved loads of times after being seated to accommodate someone who needed to sit near a family member.
I imagine Ryanair staff won't give a toss though.
Flying on 'proper' airlines for work I've been moved loads of times after being seated to accommodate someone who needed to sit near a family member.
I imagine Ryanair staff won't give a toss though.
//j17 said:
If it bothers you, pay the extra to pick your seats.
If it doesn't, see who the children would rather sit with, swapping the parent sat with the children for part of the flight if it's a longer one.
The main reasons are that it's my 2 year olds first flight and her and her 6 year old brother are inseparable. We're going on a family holiday and being separated at the very beginning isn't my idea of a good start to our first family holiday. If it doesn't, see who the children would rather sit with, swapping the parent sat with the children for part of the flight if it's a longer one.
Paying £60 for the privilege after paying all the other crap isn't something I want to do.
rich12 said:
The main reasons are that it's my 2 year olds first flight and her and her 6 year old brother are inseparable. We're going on a family holiday and being separated at the very beginning isn't my idea of a good start to our first family holiday.
Paying £60 for the privilege after paying all the other crap isn't something I want to do.
I think paying up might be your only option.Paying £60 for the privilege after paying all the other crap isn't something I want to do.
Let's no be surprised RyanAir are trying to get more money out of you for the privilege of sitting together.
You could look for an airline that don't charge to reserve seat - cant be that many who don't.
Cancel the holiday or pay the extra. It's £60 which isn't a lot in the overall cost.
You could look for an airline that don't charge to reserve seat - cant be that many who don't.
Cancel the holiday or pay the extra. It's £60 which isn't a lot in the overall cost.
eybic said:
Some say that the airlines do this on purpose so you pay extra to be seated together, true or not I don't know but it's believable.
Happened to us on a Ryanair flight, except our 2 year old had a seat which wasn't next to either of his parents! Thankfully some of the other passengers agreed to swap seats.Gassing Station | Holidays & Travel | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff