Pre booked flight seats for 2 & 3 y/o's?

[doghelp123]

Not really AIBU, posting for traffic. Apologies for long post.

We are due to go on holiday in 7 weeks time and we have not paid for pre booked seats, the reason i have not paid is because our DCs are 2 & 3 y/o and the travel agent has advised its a £25 fee per seat, so looking at £100 all in for me, DH and DC's to be together - we have saved a long time to get this holiday and if I'm being honest it seems like a very large amount to be shelling out for seats. Me and DH are not fussed about being seated together obviously, but we would need the DCs to be next to either one of us so we did ask the travel agent if me and DH booked our two seats for the £50 would kids be guaranteed to be next to us but we were told me would need to pay the £25 for each of them as well, I then called jet 2 and they have advised that they would not split young children up from parents even if we had not paid for the seats but I have now been seeing things online stating that the DCs wouldn't necessarily be in the same row as either of us, but they could be put in the row in front or behind.

Can anyone who has flew before with Jet2 advise us? I would really rather not be paying the £100 for seats as IMO it is to much and it seems silly to be paying the money for kids that age if the airlines aren't actually allowed to split us?

So any frequent jet2 flyers, it would be much appreciated if anyone in similar circumstances could advise

@blackcatsleeping when the man refused to move the cabin crew took me to one side and basically said that if they did decide to force it would cause delays because they would have to forcibly eject him and get security involved.

We basically agreed that DH sitting three rows in front was worth it. Though when DD kept on asking for him to stand by her or get stuff out I let her!

we have already paid the money for our flight - why should we have to shell out £100 more for seats?

You're right. You should be made to stand as you've paid only for the flight, no seat.

(Weren't Ryan Air actually looking at that once? More of a perch than a stand though)

Why do people not get it? Why all the carry on that it’s a con or money grabbing? It isn’t.
Look at it this way, compare these two flights from airport a to airport b.

Expenso air tickets cost £300. Included in that price is a meal, hold luggage and booked seats.
Cheapo air tickets cost £100 but you pay an extra £100 for hold luggage, £50 for your meal and £50 to book your seats.

Now if you aren’t fussed about a meal, booked seats and hold luggage then happy days, you can fly for £100.
If you want all those things then you’ll need to pay.

In the past all flights used to be like Expenso air, you had no choice but to pay full price. Now you have the option.

@Quartz2208

They also have to remove his baggage from the hold which is a huge ballache for everyone.

I was on a flight once where a child took sick before take off, and the flight crew called for medical advice who recommended they be removed. Huge argument with the parents who were shouting the odds, but eventually they were forcibly removed. It was several hours delay though which buggered up people's connecting flights. Obviously the child's welfare is more important, but the parents seemed pretty determined to fly.

we have already paid the money for our flight - why should we have to shell out £100 more for seats?

So. You. Will. Be. Sure. That. You. Are. Sitting. Together. And. Are. Not. Those. Pain. In. The. Arse. Parents. Who. Think. That. Everyone. Else. Can. Be. Inconvenienced. As. Long. As. You. Are. Happy.

Head >>> Wall.

I am out.

When i spoke to the jet2 agent he has told me that we would 100% have kids sat next to one of us, and they will not be sat in a different row. I also asked the question as to what would happen to other passengers would they be expected to move and i was told no, that jet2 always keep a set amount of seats free for this reason. Thanks again for everyones help and i cant understand why some people are being downright rude when i only asked for advice.

The jet2 agent that took your money and at the moment is congratulating himself for getting shot of you won’t be on the plane you ninny!

I was told no, that jet2 always keep a set amount of seats free for this reason.

I question that. I was on a Jet2 flight last night and there was not one single seat free. Also most flights are over sold.

Im fairly certain they will not be splitting us up so my problem is solved thanks for the responses

When do you fly? Have you checked in already? As others have stated you can check in online for Jet2 28 days in advance. You’ll know for sure then and you get the option to pay the extra then if you are split up.

OP, do you have a contingency for when the
inevitable unforeseeable happens? Ie worst comes to worst can you manage with children being seated away from you?

We fly beginning of June, so I'm assuming check in maybe open in a few weeks then

So many assumptions......

Good luck :o :o

I'm disabled, always book an aisle seat and would not swap.

Bugsymalonemumof2
I would love for my 2 year old to be someone else's problem for a flight

You would be out of luck if he/she was sat next to me - headphones and eyepad on, I would be in blissful ignorance of your child.

It's about time there was a new law - all children under 6 should be strapped to the wings of the plane.

It's not rocket science, if you want to sit together, pay.

I think you're being far too optimistic OP. People can and do get separate. Then you're at the mercy of people who may have paid for their seats being asked.

How would Jet2 keep seats "free".

if there are 150 seats on the plane their aim is to sell all of them.

They can't add extra seats to the plane.

If all seats are sold and 147 customers choose to pre pay to book seats there will only 3 seats left.

They still can't add extra seats to the plane.

If Jet2 sell 150 seats on the plane but only allow 120 people to choose to pre pay to book seats what explanation would they give to the 30 who randomly aren't allowed to book the seats they want?

OP - be sure to practice your sad face for DM when you are in fact not seated together.

if you can afford a holiday to is it Barcelona then why are you being cheap and not factoring this in?

I'm off abroad this summer (August) with DC and DH and have factored in the cost of booking seats for us to sit together. We're not an especially high earning family either before you ask.

Oh and you ABU - re your post - it should be 'AIBU to be a CF and expect my DC to be sat next to me and DH for free whilst the rest of the flyers pay to pre-book their seats?' You know the score re pre-booking and moving families too unless you've been living under a rock these past few years.

Jet2 agent is talking nonsense as they will allow everyone on the plane to pre book. It's not first come first served up to a certain number!

So if everyone except your party of 4 prebooks their seats you will have to take whatever is left or expect people who have paid to live because you chose to expect people to do that for you

I was asked if I was travelling with the lady sat next to me on my flight back from Hamburg the other month. I said no ( because I wasnt) and I was asked to move.
I couldn't have been happier. A mum was seated with her child on the emergency exit and wasn't allowed to stay there. So mum was moved to my seat and the child was moved to a free seat behind where I was sat.
So that fred up two seats and I had one. Once the seatbelt dun went off the lady who was sat on the third seat moved to sit next to her husband. I'd gone from being in the middle of 3 to having a row to myself. That was worth moving without complaining about it!

We fly beginning of June, so I'm assuming check in maybe open in a few weeks then

28 days before you fly. If you log into the Jet2 website there is a countdown.

Not same airline but when i flew easyJet recently there was a woman with three children of around primary age and they were seated separately. The stewardess was asking other passengers to move to accommodate them as she said they "were not allowed" to take off with children separate from their accompanying adult. Her words exactly.

We fly beginning of June, so I'm assuming check in maybe open in a few weeks then
Surely it would make sense to check rather than assume?

If I'd paid to book specific seats and was then asked to move by cabin crew so that the flight could go ahead, I would but I'd also expect to be refunded my booking fee since I didn't get those seats as paid for.

If flying alone, I would happily offer to move so a child could be seated with their parent. Can’t really understand why others wouldn’t.

If flying alone, I would happily offer to move so a child could be seated with their parent. Can’t really understand why others wouldn’t.

Because they have paid to book that specific seat?