Ryanair made 4yr old sit alone

It's your fault OP. Hence why you've not been back.

Is there a charge for the adult booking the seat?

I often travel alone and without luggage, or even much hand luggage. I don’t care where I sit for the 90 minutes so I don’t want the cost built in my ticket. I want cheapest possible. When flying with my family (adult children now) we pay extra to sit together.
When in a restaurant, if you want extras, you pay for them. Why should flying be any different?

Yes, this!!! You shouldn't have to pay to sit next to your small child. All of those on this thread saying OP deserved it, they wouldn't swap etc should, what's that MN favourite? oh aye, give your heads a wobble!
You'd all lose the plot if someone made your child sit by themselves despite the policy stating as such....one of these threads that makes people ask why MN is so full of such mean folks...

Seems you haven't read the thread. Ryanair's policy is that it is mandatory for the adult to book a seat, and the child will then get a free seat beside the adult.

If this even happened, it's on the OP for not booking the seats.

Don't fly on this airline again. YABU unreasonable for expecting better from this crap airline. Are u taking a term time holiday?

But the airline could have very easily placed them together.
the seat selection is supposed to be an optional extra but it’s not if you need it in order to comply with their policy.

You chose not to select seats - so you chose not to sit with your kids!

There is an allocation when you book so that you can sit together but only and adult and 2 children under 12 or 11 . Can’t remember exactly.
The family area is from row 19 to 23 I think. That area does not have extra fees when you select it for you and your child. I don’t know if they consider that with 3 children though.

On my recent trip, I could choose to sit together with my child. On the way back there weren’t any availability to sit together so the next best thing was to sit with the aisle in the middle. It was a bit worrying but we survived.

Ryanair didn’t seat your child alone. You did. It’s your responsibility to buy seats together for children and you. Your entitled attitude stinks. Never did I think I’d back up Ryanair.
I would never swap with you either. I book a seat for myself and children when I fly, which is often. I like a specific seating plan. YABU.

We flew to Spain one night as ysual, with Ryanair. The flight was half empty. A gentleman and his 3/4 year old weren't seated together. The Attendants wouldn't allow them to sit together prior to take off, the child didn't make a fuss bless her but as soon as we had taken off they both sat in an empty row behind us for the remainder of the flight. Not sure why they couldn't just have been allowed to do that in the first place.

If Ryanair policy is to seat under 12's with an adult, it is ENTIRELY reasonable not to pay and to expect to be seated together.

This is absolutely disgraceful, and I'm amazed at the comments telling you that you should have paid. The policy specifically stipulates you do not need to do so.

Sounds like a system glitch to me. You should automatically have been assigned seats together, and it sounds like the staff were stumped at what to do and kept passing the buck.

Sorry about your experience, and I do hope your LO's don't feel too afraid of flying in future.

That's a very odd comparison. For a start, you don't always get a seat on the bus. I've never seen people demand others give up seats so they can sit in a group. On a bus it's very much first come first served.

im sorry but I’m not sure I could be the sort of person to let a 4 year old die from lack of oxygen or leave them strapped in their seat while I ran past them. Maybe you could do it but I’d never live with it.

And I would laugh at you for trying this pathetic tactic.

No sorry, book your seats while you are booking your ticket and dont count on luck. If most of the people paid for their seats and there was no easy solution to put you all together they literally couldnt do anything…not their fault at all. Yabvu

Just pointing out to those who are saying Ryan Air are crap for charging extra for sitting together, this isn’t exclusive to Ryan Air. Many of the other airlines do exactly the same.

I'm sorry but I wouldn't have swapped with you as I usually choose my seat and pay for it

Why should paying customers be expected to move for those who don't pay?

It's not worth the risk, especially Ryanair's reputation

Yes, that is precisely what those parents expect.

Pay to sit together ! It’s so annoying when people expect others to accommodate them bc they have a child… and so… pay to reserve your seat. Simple.

I always remember flying back from Egypt (not with Ryanair but some charter) when dc were about seven and five – the plane was delayed for hours and we left about midnight but was pretty empty and you could basically sit where you liked. Dh who’s tall got an extra legroom seat. I put my sleeping DC in an aisle and the window seat with the middle seat separating them and I sat in my own row in the middle aisle across from them - attendant gave me an absolute bollocking for not sitting bangi next to my children and told me “as a mother“ she could never live with herself even though they were literally across the aisle from me . Don’t think Ryanair would’ve had this issue!

Has anyone brought up why ryanair is wrong? If there is an emergency situation a parents first reaction is too look for their child. This will probably endanger the lives of others - blocking the escape routes. This is why the guidelines are for children to be seated by their parents (presumably not for noise control.)

The reason why ryanair splits up parents and children is financial. Get pissed off with ryanair for putting profit before safety.

Sorry I didn't make it clear I booked and chose our specific seats together when I booked however we were not allocated these specifical seats or sat together!!!

There’s no onus on the stranger next to them to do anything. Why on earth do people think this?