Single mum. Do I need to prebook flight seats ?

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Trying to get through to Monarch. The less said about that the better.

I'm travelling alone with my 6 and 4 year old. Our first holiday as a new family of 3. I'm on a careful budget and would rather not have to pay the £30 to prebook us. However the thought of my 4 year old (not a chance my 6 year old would be ok on his own) could be separately seated from me is somewhat concerning! Surely single adults travelling with children are seated with the children??

In the absence of Monarch customer service actually providing any customer service, please could someone clarify.

Thanks very much

"No, no, no. Children should fly Cargo Class!"

We went on a flight to Sydney once in Virgin Upper, and met a family in the lounge with kids about 11/12; we got on the plane and they were with us (and our 2 toddlers) in Upper and their kids were in economy!

When I was 11/12 I would have preferred economy to a long flight with my parents who might speak at all say something to embarrass me!

To be fair the kids did seem perfectly happy! They appeared ever so often to ask something politely and disappeared again. I got the impression it was a regular occurrence and they were enjoying the peace ;-)

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