To Thank Thomas Cook for clarifying the matter of paying to sit beside your children

[Groovee]

I flew Thomas Cook today to Florida. I paid extra for seats together and got to choose where we were sitting.

We decided to go on last because we had seats and there were near the cabin door. When I got settled a family were not happy that they had 5 single seats. The cabin crew were quite adamant that they could not ask customers who have paid to choose their seats to move.

So last weeks thread is solved

Billed for dry cleaning? Hillarious. I wouldn't be paying for that when you had a choice to sit away from a vomity 3 year old. You're too funny, should be on the stage .

The only entity that would be refunding your payment for the seat is the airline.

It should definitely be standard for a child to sit with their relatives.

Brian.. You would have had the choice to sit with your little darling - by firstly paying to , or secondly refunding me to - so too damn right you would be billed.... or are you seriously suggesting I should altruistically choose to pay £22 to let a stranger sit next to their child - in a seat that I had picked personally .... for me.... (my turn to laugh)

Brian, it's people like you, posting shite like that, that are the reason that children are so looked down on and treated with disdain in this country.

Nope, I wouldn't be paying the airline to sit with with my child, so erm, nope I wouldn't be paying you either. Its the airlines responsibility I'm afraid, not mine. I wouldn't be paying for dry cleaning or seats. Sorry about that

I wouldn't be paying for dry cleaning...

If your child threw up over me, you would be.

Or you'd find yourself wearing something suitably staining yourself, such as some red wine or whatever else was to hand.

Two can play the cuntish, entitled game.

your child is ALWAYS your responsibility....

once we were in the air I would be unclipping their belt and telling them to toodle along to mummy. I wouldn't entrust your child to me if I were you.

You'd be charged with assault then shelly. Big difference between a child accidentally vomiting on you and an adult physically assaulting another. You sound like you have anger management issues. Maybe you should see your GP about that. . Hope this helps

No way am I moving out of a seat I've prebooked and paid for and I'm not prepared to be responsible for the child of someone who was unprepared to exercise responsible parenting by paying the prebooking fee. And if someone tried to pass me a sick bag and a load of baby wipes they'd get them straight back.

Brian, it's people like you, posting shite like that, that are the reason that children are so looked down on and treated with disdain in this country.

is that right? All down to me eh? What a responsibility. Oh well

Perhaps, Brian, you should have a look a little closer to home to see why other people are so annoyed by your shite entitled, selfish attitude.

I won't add a cuntishly, patronisingly immature "hope this helps" as that's your territory.

Wow, you really love that word don't you. Over and over again. It makes you sound so witty.

Ryan Air and the CAA - wrong avaition authority for this airline, please try again.

I don't see why people who've paid to prebook seats should lose their money and be inconvenienced to accommodate entitled parents who won't make appropriate preparations for their flights.

You know what Brian - when I haven't paid for my seat (i.e. I am travelling alone) I have moved to help a parent sit with their child - and it IS attitudes like yours that would stop me.

But both times it has happened the parent has been so contrite and apologetic and thankful that it has been my pleasure to move to help someone out.

Your way would mean I would not move, not ever...

No the CAA deals with Ryan air as they fly in and out of this country homeless.

I did ask to swap. And the flight attendant also asked if anyone would mind swapping so we could sit together. Everyone looked at their hands and ignored us. No one could book seats as far as I was aware - this was a while ago mind.

I was just commenting that I felt it odd grown adults would not take a 3 year olds feelings into consideration. How could anyone feel comfortable making a small child sit apart from a loved one?

As an adult you could probably cope with sitting next to a stranger alot better then a child could. It just doesn't make sense to me. Thinking of my DD at the time, she would never have been brave enough to tell a stranger she needed the toilet or a drink and wasn't old enough to sort these things for herself. I'm sure many other kids are the same so what do people expect them to do? Sit and suffer for the whole flight?

that's what seems cuntish to me personally...

Your way would mean I would not move, not ever...

i'll be crying into my cornflakes.

Although in fairness stardust, I wouldn't be going round begging people to move anyway, I'd be leaving that for the flight staff to deal with.

I agree with MadeOfStardust
If I hadn't prebooked my seat I'd be happy to help out a polite parent but not a strident and entitled one.

But Charlie, it was the parents / airline who neglected the feelings of the 3year old, not the fellow passengers. Why should someone who has paid for the security of planned seating pick up the pieces?

And I would imagine that the last passengers to be asked to swap would be those in paid prebooked seats, or at least I would hope so.