Booked a holiday as a family of 4 but not sitting together?

Booked a holiday as a family of 4 but not sitting together?

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rich12

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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?

rich12

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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.


rich12

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//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.

Paying £60 for the privilege after paying all the other crap isn't something I want to do.

rich12

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dazwalsh said:
some would class that as a result biggrin
Ha.

I'm going to a hot(ish), sunny place with an albino and another kid with hyper mobility. I want this to be as stress free as possible.

rich12

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Just got off the phone to Ryanair and the guy has just redone the seats for me for free.
Guess he didn't like the way Love Holidays did the 2 bookings.

Very happy and surprised by them doing that for me.

Love Holiday, fk you!

rich12

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eybic said:
Wow that's a good result thumbup
Yep. Certainly not how I expected the call to go.

Thanks all.

rich12

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Friday 10th January 2020
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98elise said:
It's amazing that there isn't a rule that a child under a certain age must be sat next to a responsible adult. What the hell happens in an emergency if you're sat 20 rows from your kid? Who's going to make sure they are belted in during take off, landing, and turbulence?
There is a rule.
https://www.ryanair.com/gb/en/useful-info/travelli...

Anyone who ever thought any child not sitting next to a family member on a bloody plane is an absolute moron.
It's like years ago when men were separated from women and children.