priorty boarding

tigerwood1

Hi my wife has booked a holiday to spain for myself and three toddlers aged 3 and 4 and 4 my concern is that the flights are with ryanair but only have prority for my wife and i, just wondering if it will be a problem or should i put the kids on priority as well ???

jjbrien

If you dont Ryanair will make the kids stand in the Other Q how old are the kids?

Spook_ie

due to their ages you obviously have had to buy them seat tickets, so when you get to the top of the Priority Boarding Q, the Ryanair staff will be looking for 5 priority boarding passes not 2 so yes, you have to buy them, only way you would get away with it would be if any of them were 2 or under.....sorry !

veetwin

I always thought that if one person in a group purchased priority boarding everyone in the group had to buy it also. FWIW Ryanair are excellent when travelling with kids and seem to be more lenient about handbaggage etc.

Fagashlil

They're honestly not going to allow 3 children 4 years and younger to board an aircraft by themselves, you should be fine having it just for you.

vicwatson

Would Ryanair let a child sit seperate on a flight if there weren't 3 seats together does anyone know??

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

vicwatson wrote: »

Would Ryanair seriously let a child sit seperate on a flight if there weren't 3 seats together does anyone know??

Ryanair?! Probably. More likley to deny all of you priorty boarding though.

OP - My advice is to get there early and be one of the first ones on the plane from the non-priorty boarding, just in case. That way you should still get seats together.

vicwatson

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Ryanair?! Probably. More likley to deny all of you priorty boarding though.

OP - My advice is to get there early and be one of the first ones on the plane from the non-priorty boarding, just in case. That way you should still get seats together.

Sorry, I meant it as a seperate question really. Would Ryanair let a child sit seperatelt to it's parents if they couldn't get 3 seats together, priority boarding or not?

rb123

What a waste of money buying those priority tickets! Any of those flights I was on lately, the priority ticket holders were only let down to the stairwell. A few moments later, the non-priority ticket holders were also allowed onto the stairwell. In most of the cases, several of the non-priority ticket holders were actually on the plane before the priority ticket holders.

Your children will have to queue with you so you may have to lose out on the priority tickets!

Fagashlil

vicwatson wrote: »

Sorry, I meant it as a seperate question really. Would Ryanair let a child sit seperatelt to it's parents if they couldn't get 3 seats together, priority boarding or not?

I'm guessing it would depend on the age of said child, and it's ability in case of emergency. Some flights I've been on I've seen them asking other passengers to move to accommodate parents and children, even if its only 2 seats and the other parent sits separately.

If I'm travelling with mine, I usually gate to the gate early and queue in the non priority queue to ensure not being the last to board with 2 small children!

veetwin

OP can still purchase priority boarding for their children if they want. It can even be bought at the airport.

Personally I never buy it even when travelling with kids. Don't want to be lining Ryanair's pockets for the sake of getting on a plane a few seconds before someone else. They will be seats for everyone. Most passengers will have no problem moving to accomodate a parent and children.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

vicwatson wrote: »

Sorry, I meant it as a seperate question really. Would Ryanair let a child sit seperatelt to it's parents if they couldn't get 3 seats together, priority boarding or not?

The cabin drew would probbaly just ask a single passenger if they wouldn;t mind swapping. I'm sure somebody would.

acia

I traveled on Ryanair last week with my husband and 2 children, 1 year old and 8 year old and we just queued early and easily managed to get 3 seats together. The staff were great and mentioned if all passengers could take seats quickly so they could get families with small children to sit together.

tigerwood1

the kids are twin boys four and a three year old girl all paid for seats, it looks like now we have purchased two we might as well go the hole hog and buy the kids priority, thanks for the advice

kingshankly

I thought if you buy priority it has to be for the whole group unless you booked separately

cson

Once they removed the incentive of the emergency exit and front row seats by charging for them, I have zero inclination to pay for it.

The only thing apart from that I like to have on a flight is a window seat. But by and large, I travel light and tend to chillax and get another pint in before joining the end of the queue before boarding.

I find the general penchant for the majority of non priority (and priority amazingly!) Ryanair pax to start queuing as soon as they reach the gate to be amusing if nothing else.

Truman Burbank

Is the gist of this conversation that you have to buy priority boarding to ensure your family sits together, or indeed, any group, and that there is no seat assignments at check-in with RA?? I'm living in the 20th Century still. We board last and debark last and find it a stress-free way to travel with kids. On other airlines that is :cool:

naughtysmurf

Flying out of Nice with Ryanair a couple of years ago, those with priority boarding got on the bus first, there was only a handful of them so they then let the rest of us on the same bus jamming those priority boarders to the side of the bus without doors.....oh how we laughed, they were not happy

We never pay for it, just get to the gate in plenty of time, never had any issues all sitting together

jjbrien

cson wrote: »

I find the general penchant for the majority of non priority (and priority amazingly!) Ryanair pax to start queuing as soon as they reach the gate to be amusing if nothing else.

I never got that and it ususally anoys my wife the Ryanair passengers who just have to stand for an hour before the flight is due to board.