Allinall wrote: » So you harassed a guy flying home to his own country. When that didn't work, you just decided to sit in someone else's seats, and complained when they - rightly - wanted to sit in there allocated seats. And it's Ryanair's fault? Sometimes I despair.
MOH wrote: » This is the whole source of the problem. People who want to be guaranteed to sit together should pay the extra few euro for that. Instead of which, people have been turning up at the airport for the last few years without having bothered to pay, then expect special treatment because they insist they can't be separated from their child. But wouldn't spend €4 to ensure that. So then what are the crew supposed to do? Do you split up a group of people who have actually paid to sit together, to accommodate the skinflints? After years of idiots trying to game the system, Ryanair have finally had enough. By making it clear that you can't expect to be seated together unless you pay, they'll get some whinging in the short term, but save themselves a lot of hassle in the long run once people finally lose their sense of automatic entitlement.
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kyogger wrote: » my and a mate flew to italy last week got given two different seats on the boarding card. asked an itlaian guy that was sitting next to my friends seat to move twice so that we could sit together and he wouldn't despite the fact he was in a middle seat and seemed to be on his own. in the end we found another 2 seats empty behind my assigned row and then another gang of people came on the plane unexpectedly and a mother spent 5 mins arguing with us trying to claim our two seats so that her children could sit together. it's a joke now with ryanair.
faceman wrote: » This. Whether or not they changed their policy discreetly or not, the way it is now with random allocation is fair. After all if I have paid extra to sit next to my travelling partners and other punters haven't yet are allocated together then that's unfair on punters who have paid extra in advance.
Spanish Eyes wrote: » Not RYR , You, your mate and the mad mummy should have PAID for your seats. I am sorry, I have no sympathy. Rules are rules.
embraer170 wrote: » So it is better for the majority on the aircraft to be seated "randomly" when the system can actually easily seat the vast majority of passengers together? In dozens of Ryanair flights in a group of 3/4, I have never been seated apart even booking and checking in at the very last minute. The old algorithm was very effective.
Just pay for the seats. It doesn't cost THAT much and you get priority boarding too as a little bonus that only works in certain airports I know that. But still.
embraer170 wrote: » Priority boarding and seats are separate.
zac8 wrote: » They're not. Paying for seats gets you priority boarding.
Fred Swanson wrote: » No it does not. Priority boarding is then offered as an extra after you select seats.
Mr.S wrote: » Only the €2 seats don't come with priority boarding, the other two pricing tiers (rows 1-5 and emergency exits) come with priority boarding included.
Spanish Eyes wrote: » Well in all fairness, who would NOT pay €2 for a guaranteed seat next to their loved ones and brats. No hassle, no worries. Feck sake, I just don't understand the anger about this. But I might be missing something, and I am sure I will be rightly told off sooner or later, and will have to wind in my neck or something.
Fred Swanson wrote: » What price were those seats I can't see it. If the €2 ones, well you have a choice to pay or not for priority. All others that are a couple of euro dearer include priority boarding AFAIK. Edit, I see it is €4 for two passengers. Nuff said.
embraer170 wrote: » Ryanair has 11 tiers of reserved seat pricing. Again, the only tiers that come with priority boarding are rows 1ABC, 2DEF, and the 2 emergency exit rows. This is not a recent change.
Sadb wrote: » I just don't get the big hubbub, are grown adults really incapable of spending 2/3/4 hours sitting on their own??!! If you can't cope sitting apart then pay for the seats, it really is that simple.
