To not pay to choose seats but expect to sit together?

If anyone asked me to change seats I would say yes if you pay me the price I paid for this seat.

And if the pilot/cabin crew said the plane isnt moving till someone moves?

Someone always moves. Maybe its not you but someone does.

Standard price £100.
If 4 of you are booking = £400

If you choose to opt out of ensuring sitting together, reduced to £360

Single person booking also gets discount of £10 so pays £90.

Then it would be seen as an active discount, rather than an active add on.

Just don't ask other people to move then. Unless you pay them, that is.

Civil aviations rules don’t require it.

They don't need to. The crew of the plane have a responsibility to ensure safety and with a child as young as 2, they will hold up a flight until another passenger agrees to move. I've seen this done a few times.

I did this a few days ago… checked in bang on 30 days.

All 4 of us are sat together on both flights.

I thought easyjet tried to seat you together but Ryanair broke you up on purpose.

I fly with them regularly
Never paid
Never been split
Have a 11 and 6yo

I think it should be mandatory to pay for seats together if travelling with kids under say 10 for example. Booking/check in will know ages from the passport details.

If anyone asked me to change seats I would say yes if you pay me the price I paid for this seat.

A lot of people here don't seem to grasp the concept of 'no frills' and understand how low cost airlines work.

A lot of people on here don't seem to grasp basic safety.

No UK, US or EU airline/pilot will depart with essentially an unaccompanied toddler. 99% of the time you'll easily get seats together at check in. On the rare occasion this doesn't happen eg due to delays etc, they'll simply move other passengers and they will not take off until they happens. They cannot assume (force) a random stranger will take responsibility for a toddler and its simply not safe.

Don't pay. It's the airline's responsibility to safely fly you and your toddler to your destination, and that includes seating you with your children.

With Easyjet, you can check-in online 30 days before you fly and they issue your seat and boarding pass so there is no need to be stressed that you might not be seated together. If you check in 30 days before you fly and you find they have allocated you seats apart (highly unlikely I think) then you have the opportunity at that time to change your seat and, if necessary, pay for the one you want.

How does that make sense?

Civil aviations rules don’t require it. The risk is others with pay and there won’t be sufficient seats left.

SIL just came back from her holiday and her 8 year old was seated in front of her.
Luckily a kind lady offered to swap

Eh? An 8 year old is very, very different to a 2 year old. 6 y o DS sat in front of me on a flight recently, small plane & complicated delay situation. He was fine, politely offered the old bloke next to him one of his sweets then listened to his yoto player. I just passed him forward a drink etc.

A toddler can't go to the loo alone, or sort themselves out with a colouring book, and could be upset/scared. An 8 year old will usually be fine.

Exactly what I was thinking 🤔.
If I had a young family I would just pay up and accept it for what it was .
No way would I want to be seen as a problem for others.

We fly with Easyjet all the time - I've never paid for seats and we're always seated together

Just get there early

Agreed. As it happens I usually pay to select a seat for flights longer than a couple of hours, but I don't see why I should put up with higher base rates so that families can have seat selection included

And if I've paid for my chosen seat, I'm not moving out of it to accommodate people who didn't pay to ensure they're sitting next to their children.

Having just flown with a 10mo, and having paid £60 for my husband and I to sit together and people STILL trying to sit itln our seats and then kicked off because we were daring to fly with a baby, just pay the £20. Surely a small price to pay for peace of mind? And yes, you'd like to think that algorithms would mean a 2yo would be sat literally right next to the accompanying parent, but stranger and more inconvenient things have happened. So to prevent any dramas, anyone kicking off or causing any delays just pay the twenty quid.

Yep, and everyone else on the flight glaring at the cheap, entitled parent in disgust.

Why would you assume the responsibility for a random child sat next to you? They’re nothing to do with you.

Not this again, just pay £20, every flight lately has a steward going up and down trying to get ppl to move because some tight parent hasnt pre booked a seat.

Risk it if you want, your choice. But don’t blame anyone but yourself when it goes tits up.

EasyJet has always seated us together and my kids are older than yours. I wouldn't pay Op but then wouldn't expect anyone to switch with me as I haven't paid.

I find it difficult to believe that anyone faced with sitting next to someone else’s 2 y.o. Wouldn’t grab the opportunity to swap seats.

Others should not be shamed or pressurised into giving up their paid seats for you. I paid for my kids and family to sit together you pay for yours. I don't care about the airlines policy and shaming them. Its the right thing to do for all passengers and your kids.

Sorry but YABU on this one.
As others have said if I've paid for specific seat I expect to sit there and not be made to feel guilty for not budging.
With children so young it's a bit of a no brainer really.