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TUI do they sit you together as a family?

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heyho8 · 03/08/2022 10:16

Just booked to go to Greece with TUI in September there will be me, DP and DS who will be 11 months. I haven't paid for our seats as I'm not bothered where on the plane we sit, but I'm just wondering if they sit you together when you have a young child? I know jet2 always do and we flew with them in June but unsure about TUI. May book our seats if we're likely to be sat apart.

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titchy · 03/08/2022 10:19

I dont think they do no. That's an advantage though isn't it - dc will surely want daddy's lap for the whole plane journey Wink

lickenchugget · 03/08/2022 10:20

‘Together’ could mean over the aisle, or behind each other. If DS is an infant and on one adult’s lap, it’s essentially two adult seats, so they won’t try to sit you together at all, as far as I know.

maddy68 · 03/08/2022 10:22

No. If you want to sit together you need to pay

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heyho8 · 03/08/2022 10:27

maddy68 · 03/08/2022 10:22

No. If you want to sit together you need to pay

Have you recently flown with an infant under2 and know this for sure?

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Hyperemesishell · 03/08/2022 10:28

It’s 2 adult seats so there’s no reason in their eyes to sit you together. You’ll have to pay.

Bert2020 · 03/08/2022 10:29

You have to pay to guarantee. We’ve flown twice with TUI this year and always pay. Families around us split rows apart, over aisles etc. one of you will have baby on your lap. The extra £20 or so each way would be well worth it imo so you can pass things to each other, entertain them little one.

Denny53 · 03/08/2022 10:30

TUI are very well known for not sitting people together unless they pay! I’ve known them spilt up families and have children sitting alone. You have only to read TUIs Facebook page to see this is what happens. If you want to sit together you need to pay

Begoniasforever · 03/08/2022 10:33

op Those who pay to sit together get the seats together, anyone who doesn’t pay gets the random single seats left. The plane has fixed seating so not everyone can sit together. Clearly,

It’s menu based pricing..the base price is you take the random middle seat or whatever that’s left, next level up is you pay extra and get seats together.

so the answer is it depends on how many folks pay to sit together and what’s left, but the likely hood is no you have just paid to get whatever random single seat available and will not be sat with your partner.

for someone who says they aren’t bothered you do seem bothered…

Jalepenojello · 03/08/2022 10:33

Highly doubt they’ll sit two adults together in my experience. Your child isn’t relevant as they don’t need a seat

jellybellydancer · 03/08/2022 10:34

We’ve just come back from a Tui holiday and didn’t pay for seats. We were all sat together for both journeys. There were five of us too.

EllenWaiteourkid · 03/08/2022 10:36

Oh God here we go again....

MumTrain · 03/08/2022 10:37

I travelled solo recently with an infant and toddler. Both ways we were seated together.

You can check how full the plane is on the app, as if you were going to pay for seats. If it looks busy and there aren’t many free rows left, then I would pay. If there’s lots of room, then I would check in as soon as it opens and then see.

Tui algorithm doesn’t purposefully split passengers up like Ryanairs does if there are plenty of free seats together.

alnawire · 03/08/2022 10:39

I travelled solo recently with an infant and toddler. Both ways we were seated together

Of course you would be seated with your children. OP is asking essentially if 2 adults will be seated together.

GoAround · 03/08/2022 10:40

If the infant is on your lap then they’re with an adult by default so no need really for the other adult to be sat nearby. You might get lucky but equally you might not because any policy about seating young kids with an adult family member would not apply to you. Tbh I prefer not to sit together anyway. Our strategy is that one of you takes the baby, the other parent gets to completely switch off and you swap over half way through. Especially if it’s long haul it’s great as you each get a turn to watch a film, have a drink and relax. But if you’re insistent you must both share in the misery then you probably should pay to guarantee it.

Jules912 · 03/08/2022 10:55

GoAround · 03/08/2022 10:40

If the infant is on your lap then they’re with an adult by default so no need really for the other adult to be sat nearby. You might get lucky but equally you might not because any policy about seating young kids with an adult family member would not apply to you. Tbh I prefer not to sit together anyway. Our strategy is that one of you takes the baby, the other parent gets to completely switch off and you swap over half way through. Especially if it’s long haul it’s great as you each get a turn to watch a film, have a drink and relax. But if you’re insistent you must both share in the misery then you probably should pay to guarantee it.

Don't count on being able to just pass the baby over halfway through, as only some rows are suitable for infants on laps. They'll make sure to allocate one of you and the baby to one of those rows, but no guarantee both of you will be.

GoAround · 03/08/2022 15:32

The adults move. That’s what we’ve done before when we’ve had a bassinet seat so obviously wouldn’t move baby, it’s the adults that swap position. Quite unlikely you’d get an economy exit row without paying for it though, those are usually a premium due to the extra legroom! I suppose there could be another lap infant and you can’t have more than 1 per row but it’s never an issue I’ve personally encountered.

PuttingDownRoots · 03/08/2022 15:38

Whenever we've flown with TUI we've had three and one seating g (2 adults, two children). However the other adult has been a couple of rows away. Its no guarantee though.

Point in your favour.. its outside of school holidays.

VeganGordie · 03/08/2022 15:42

i think with a lot of airline companies you have to pay extra to be defiantly put together, i think some airlines like jet2 'try' to seat you together but sometimes you are plonked all over

MaisyMary77 · 03/08/2022 16:03

I flew to Greece with TUI in June. There was a family with a toddler about five rows back-they had been split but someone had offered to move so they could sit together.

Roselilly36 · 03/08/2022 16:07

The short answer is, if you definitely want to sit together, you must pay for that to be guaranteed. Have a lovely holiday.

SunshineAndFizz · 03/08/2022 16:11

For the sake of £20 why risk it?

Fuuuuuckit · 03/08/2022 16:25

I booked with TUI last week, they will seat children (under 12,with their own seat) next to an adult but they can be behind, over an aisle etc.

Your baby is travelling on your knee so you are essentially 2 adults, do not rely on being seated together unless you book it.

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Fuuuuuckit · 04/08/2022 15:44

@sandradailey Not really entirely true. My DS (able bodied), was sat with me and he's 5. I just said he's disabled and they made sure we sit together

Wow. What sort of person fakes a disability for their child to get out of paying a few extra quid to reserve a seat. Disgusting.

alnawire · 04/08/2022 15:53

My DS (able bodied), was sat with me and he's 5. I just said he's disabled and they made sure we sit together

That's fucking disgusting.