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Cannot get full information just headlines on MSN re above. Anyone find anything more out seems all seating will be allocated in future.

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From Reuters

Good.:thumbsup:

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But is this another "extra charge?"

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Here's the latest info from the Guardian:
Allocated seating will be rolled out across easyJet's network from November, with all passengers allocated a seat. Those wishing to change their seat will be charged £12 for front row and overwing seats, £8 for berths in the four rows behind the front row, and £3 for anywhere else. "The majority of people will not have to pay for their seat," said an easyJet spokesman.

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Sounds good.

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What happens to those who have already booked Christmas flights?

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You'll be allocated a seat nearer the time.

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surely they want you to be physically fit and able to sit in the overwing seats which is where the emergency exits are ??
they have been known to move elderly and infirm from that area.

I said I would sit there if they paid me £10 for my additional responsibilities, extra if I was called on to use them, and would I get a certificate at the end of the trainining course ?
Needless to say - I stayed where I was.
:rofl:

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Presumably they will allocate the worst seats possible just so you will pay to change it?
For example, anyone travelling alone will be allocated a middle seat, couples will be allocated seats at opposite ends of the aircraft, etc.

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I never pay for an allocated seat when I fly back to the UK as I'm travelling alone and don't care where I sit. On my last flight with Monarch the check-in lady looked me up and down and said "gosh, you look fit" (not sure exactly what she meant by that!!!!) and allocated me a vacant emergency exit seat with loads of legroom, no extra charge. Thank you very much, I said!

I don't see why airlines should be allowed to impose any compulsory charge for allocating you a seat, though. Surely the price of your ticket has to guarantee you a seat, for heaven's sake?

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I think it is a great idea ... we flew back Alicante to Gatwick on Sunday night (very late) and there was chaos with the seating. A large family with several very small children arrived late at the gate and then the whole plane was shuffled round to accommodate them. We weren't affected as we had exit-row seats (not suitable for passengers under 16), so I've no axe to grind here, but it would certainly make for less bad feeling amongst people who've boarded early and chosen their seats, and then been split up right around the aircraft.

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Anything that prevents the scrum at boarding time is good for me.
Unfortunately, even with allocated seating there will still be a mad rush to get on board first - if not for seats then simply to be able to get your hand baggage in the overhead locker. If you can't find a slot overhead or underfeet then it has to go in the hold, which for hand-baggage-only travellers is a right pain because you have to wait ages to get your bag back.

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IME they don't usually issue you with a ticket for it - so what happens it it doesnt come off the plane at the destination ? ?

despite the severe restrictions Ryanscare put on bag size there still are many flights where overhead lockers are full, although the ones annexed by flight staff usually have some space.

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I usually fly Monarch and althought they already allocate seating there is still a bit of a rush to get on the plane. I'm as guilty as anyone for queuing early because I've seen hand luggage relegated to the hold on many occasions.

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EJ won't charge for allocating seat. The only charges are if you want to choose a seat during the booking process or if you want to change the seat allocated to you. The majority won't pay for allocated seating.

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My wife would prefer that :frown:

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:rofl::rofl::rofl:

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I've been going to Athens from Manchester ( and return)regularly with work all this year on Easyjet. I bought a hand luggage bag which was the maximum allowable dimensions to avoid check in queues and the wait at baggage claim. Obviously a mistake because almost every time I board I am asked to check that the bag fits in the frame. While I'm doing this everyone else is boarding. My comment that it has been checked many times previously cuts no ice. My only grim satisfaction is seeing the look of slight annoyance on the face of the boarding clerk when it invariably fits in the frame.

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To be truthful I don't care where I sit as long can sit with the people I travel with, with my luggage above or near me.

It is more important who is sitting next, in front or behind that matters. Loud music, games being played, kids kicking the back of seat, person in front reclining seat into knees and face, smelly nappy changing close by, constant crying kids etc. Sometimes it is better to sit near the back because most of the noise seems to happen down near the front.

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Just thought, the passenger that sits next to you that reads a broad sheet newspaper. But one of the worse annoyances is the coughers and sneezers guaranteed after 48 hours to ruin your long awaited holiday.

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Oh dear, I might have been guilty of the first offence - I won't do it again, honest!

I share the other annoyances quoted, however - and wouldn't want to sit next to anyone who couldn't fit comfortably into their own seat and spilled over into mine.

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I love how people on here bitch like crazy over Ryanair...and when easyJet listens to feedback and re-introduces allocated seating people still are not happy!

It wasn't long ago we used to spend £600 on a ticket to Sunny Spain!

£3 for a aisle seat- yes please!!!

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I HATE flying on budget airlines, for all the reasons listed above. I always pick up some bug or other. I can't afford to go to England by train, so if anyone wants to see me they have to come over here!

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I have been travelling to Spain for about 25 years and I can remember paying just over £200 return each, but never anything like £600! Where you travelling from, Australia?

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In 2004, the year after we bought our house, we decided to come over for the Easter weekend and catch some of the Semana Santa processions. OH worked for a holiday company so we got a charter flight through them - if he hadn't been able to use his concessionary travel allowance the flights would have cost £350 each:eek:. We arrived on the Thursday afternoon and it began to rain heavily - all the processions were cancelled and it didn't stop raining until Sunday morning when we were returning home! That put paid to any more long weekend trips, we never bothered doing it again.

I've just paid £111 for a return flight from Malaga-Manchester in early December (including taking a suitcase both ways). I suppose it's still cheaper than it was many years ago, but it does seem quite expensive for the time of year and not booking at the last minute.

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That's a lot cheaper than I'm looking at, although I was looking at this month. Looking at the prices now it's almost gone full circle, we're almost back to what we were paying in the 80's!

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I have been guilty of the second, flying back from UK I was really poorly and when checking in with Flybe (no printed boarding card required) I asked if it was at all possible could I be sat on my own as I was full of cold and didn´t want to be a nuisance to the person next to me. Couldn´t believe it when it actually happened. Flybe more expensive than Ryanair but so much more civilised.

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When do EasyJet bring out their 2013 flights...anybody know ?

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Out already up to the 16th June 2013. They usually bring late summer out just before Xmas.

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:thumbsup:

I have to sit in an aisle seat and up to now it's been fine. I just get on and sit in the first aisle seat I come to - I've never failed to find one yet.

I wonder how it will work. Will you be told what seat you have been allocated and then asked if you want to change, or will they simply ask you if you want to book a seat?

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I booked Barcelona to Bristol with EJ for next March a few weeks ago. Delighted that I only paid less than 68 euros for the return trip without luggage.

I hate the idea of allocated seating. I usually look to see where all the stag parties or people with young children are sitting and head as far away from them as possible.

Paying to choose a seat won't help because you could still end up with noisy people next to you.

In the bad old days OH & I were on a flight to Spain and got allocated seats next to a young family completely unable to cope with their kids. One was under 6 months and screamed for almost the whole flight and the other was only about 2 and not a lot better. I ended up with the baby on my knee for part of the journey in an attempt to calm it down.

They were on the same return flight as us but fortunately at the other end of the plane that time :thumbsup:

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You buy your ticket, you have a seat, the flight is only a couple of hours so I can't see what all the fuss is about.

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my first ever flight was to Singapore, forces trooping flight so seats set at less than Ryanscare, half full of mothers and children, including 2 babies

:eek:

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Pardon me for being fussy who I sit next to. At least without allocated seating there is an element of choice.

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It's not much of an element is it, though.

So you choose who you sit next to then you get a kid who likes kicking the back of your seat behind you. And in front you have some dippy young mum who thinks she has to sing and goo goo ga ga for two bl**ping hours to the brat on her lap instead of letting the b*gger sleep.

I'd pay extra for a flight with no kids or babies.

They're worse than the stags and hens.

Anyway the flights out of holiday season are sufficiently empty that you will just be able to get up and sit elsewhere when the belt signs go out. This is what i do on Monarch and BA all the time.

Not a problem IMHO.

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That's why I always try to get on the plane last.

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Yes, I used to do that. When I try it now there's no luggage space up above and with 36" legs under the seat stowage becomes something of a knacker cracking excercise!:eek:

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Ouch - That's one benefit I have being only 5ft tall.

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And being female going buy your username...