Easyjet flight attendant ( seat related).

I've had airline food in my life. They'd be better off saying, "If you switch your seat, we won't put our disgusting food in front of you."

The only decent food I've ever had on a flight was a quick a.m. one to Chicago. You got juice, coffee or tea and a beautiful cinnamon roll.

@CheeseWisely In that case it’s just bad luck isn’t it? You cannot expect to swap because you made a mistake. Most EJ flights will state the aircraft but booking at the back is the worst seat anyway! They just wanted an upgrade so to speak. Who books the back?

@pinkhousesarebest I would not worry as you probably won’t get the same crew. Stand your ground but choose another airline next time. Don’t spend your money with EJ.

Im flying Easyjet on Saturday
from my booking

Option for

£10.00 Food And Drink Voucher For £8.00

We are flying later in the year. One of our party has never flown before ( not a child) so we have booked and paid for a window seat for them.
Absolutely no way will we give up that seat.. Well done op for saying no.
In your shoes I would complain to the airline, no one should be made to feel uncomfortable in this situation.

My response would have been "if I wanted a meal I'd have booked and paid for one. But as it is I wanted this seat so booked and paid for that. Why hasn't this lady who booked and paid for a window seat been given one?"

The only answer they can give them is to admit that she didn't!

That's disgraceful behaviour on their part, made even worse by them not asking if you wanted any food. I would definitely make a complaint about it. Enjoy Lisbon - I'd love to go there.

I would complain. And I wouldn't have given up my seat either.

Oh op you are right to complain you haven't done anything wrong, you wasn't rude unlike the two members of staff, yet made uncomfortable by them

@BobbyBiscuits @Meeesh @Omgblueskys

Why are you assuming the parent hasn't paid to select seats? They may well have paid for the seats reasonably expecting the seat closest to the aircraft wall to have a window, and then boarded and found that due to the layout of the seat rows it didn't. Depending on the type of aircraft and the configuration not every single row will have its own clear view of a window, especially if it's an older aircraft retrofitted with new slimmer seats that allow for an extra row or two.

Personally if that was the case and a small excited child expecting a window seat was sad not to have one then I'd have swapped regardless if I'd paid. I know what clouds look like well enough.

They cannot remove a passenger who has paid for a specific seat from the flight. There is a contract in place. There’s no reason to threaten removal because someone else wants something - your seat!

In the OP’s situation I would be livid and yes, I would complain. You don’t have to give up a paid in advance seat unless you are unsafe in it or cannot open the escape hatch. What is the point of paying if others just demand the seat?

The moral of the story is: don’t fly with EJ. They made a fuss about DD having a slightly over stuffed single bag. Very very marginal. She made the huge mistake of being one of the last in the queue as she doesn't like pushing and shoving. They said they would leave her behind unless she coughed up £40. This was after letting on numerous huge bags belonging to grossly overweight passengers. They just pick on people. So no more EJ in this house.

The seats at the back without windows are horribly claustrophobic, I wouldn’t switch to one whether I’d paid for my seat or not.

Some people pay but others who don't pay will be allocated a seat when checking in, so lady and child would of already been allocated a seat, but obviously thought they could be moved to a better seat, am I right !!

They are a joke. We went to visit our wedding venue abroad and paid for our seats together then they moved my partner to the other end of the plane! He still say where we paid for but they were so rude demanding he moved otherwise he would be removed from the plane. They went from 0-100 when we were talking sensibly!!

I'd pay extra to sit next to a dead person - no manspreading, watching videos without headphones and other in-flight horrors.

Worse things do happen!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y44z9z67po

Mitchell Ring and Jennifer Colin, who were travelling to Venice for a holiday, said the cabin crew had placed the dead woman, covered in blankets, next to Mr Ring for the last four hours of a 14-hour flight.

they do, and when they heat them up the entire plane stinks of old ham.

i wouldn't take one for free .

I think it is bad practice not to require airlines to book children next to an adult they are travelling with. In case of an accident this could significantly slow exit from the plane and every second could cost lives.

It should also be standard practice to issue an immediate refund for anyone who paid for a seat they didn’t receive for whatever reason.

I would complain and if you know their names then add that. EasyJet would charge you for breathing air and using the toilet if they could so don’t feel bad

You can add your complaint to the list they're probably already dealing with.

Disgraceful behaviour by them. How dare they attempt to humiliate you into agreeing to there unreasonable request. They were extremely unprofessional.

The Venue was packed, we had no idea where we'd get a seat and I assume that was why the other family were so upset. They were being nasty to the poor girl who was trying to seat people so we offered to move to diffuse the situation. There weren't any seats for paying customers so she had to go and find out what to do with us which is why they put us with the players families. It just happened to work out really well for my kids as they had a fantastic experience. We had no way of knowing it would work out like that.

And again, easyJet do not serve lunch, they come round with a random assortment of food. Details are importantly when telling a story.

They have Chicken Korma or Pasta as hot meals - £7.50 each.

I think it's pretty bad parenting to let a child think they get what they want - and at the cost to an adult. Needs to be explained to the child that certain things cost money.