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Aerlingus: Checking in On-line. Compulsory Seat Purchase

  • 21-10-2013 05:53PM
    #1
    Kettleson
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    Aerlingus: Checking in On-line. Compulsory Seat Purchase??

    Hi all,

    I purchased flights a good few months ago with Aerlingus.

    I'm trying to check in on-line and but the check-in web page is saying that we MUST select AND purchase a seat?

    Either €5 or €12. Its not the price, (although I'd prefer no to) but it seems a bit strange as you cannot proceed without selecting/booking seats.

    I wonder was there small print that I did not read?


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  • #2
    Thoie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    Web checkin is available from 30 hours before your flight, at which point you can assign a seat for free.

    Advance web checkin is available from 30 days before, but you have to buy a seat to use it. I still think they don't make that very clear.

    Are you more than 30 hours before your flight?


  • #3
    Kettleson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,047 ✭✭✭Kettleson


    Thanks, Thoie spot on.

    Yes its a good few days in advance, (the return flight). I'm going with children so I'll book in advance for a few quid more.


  • #4
    Thoie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,344 ✭✭✭Thoie


    Kettleson wrote: »
    Thanks, Thoie spot on.

    Yes its a good few days in advance, (the return flight). I'm going with children so I'll book in advance for a few quid more.

    I get caught with it every time. I'm like a goldfish. "Oooh, I can check in now! Oooh, pressy pressy buttons. Oooh, pick a seat. Wait, €5? What? How? Oh." And so the cycle continues.


  • #5
    youngblood
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    From what I gather, and maybe I picked this up wrong on a thread below

    But you can just check in yourself on the day at one of those self service kiosks at Dublin airport


  • #6
    lashofeye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 207 ✭✭lashofeye


    If you are flying with children they will seat ye all togethrtr as far as I know


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  • #7
    coylemj
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    youngblood wrote: »
    From what I gather, and maybe I picked this up wrong on a thread below

    But you can just check in yourself on the day at one of those self service kiosks at Dublin airport

    Yes but that has two distinct disadvantages: (1) leaving it until you get to the airport, you will have less choice of seats (2) if you're flying at a busy time you might have to queue for one of those machines.

    There is a hybrid option: I normally check-in online so I get a good choice of seats and if my flight is not at a busy time of the day, I elect to print the boarding card at one of the green kiosks, that means I can't leave the boarding card at home and I save on printer ink!


  • #8
    munchkin_utd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,940 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    lashofeye wrote: »
    If you are flying with children they will seat ye all togethrtr as far as I know
    and if you are flying with kids and doing checkin in person, they may also allocate you in the front few rows which means less trudging through the plane to the back which is where you would otherwise be allocated.

    Checkin in person is also useful if you are travelling with an infant (<2, must sit on your lap) as they will put a "soft block" (or some such term) on the seats beside you to stop anyone sitting there unless the plane really is full and the seat is needed.

    And a slight tangent, but if youve ever driven the 1000+km from Ireland to the continent taking 36hours+ of driving and ferries and overnight stops, then the extra time taken to get to the back of the plane compared to the middle somehow pales into insignificance.


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