AIBU to offer cash to other passengers for their seats on flight

[Blewitagain]

I am going on holiday and have discovered I haven't pre booked seats on our flights. I'm traveling with two children. This was an oversight. I can get two seats which would leave eldest sat alone.

Would it be weird to take cash to compensate anyone willing to move seat? No one might be willing to move but I'm hoping.

I once travelled last minute in an emergency and no one was willing to move seats.

IME EasyJet are pretty good at seating you together when you haven’t paid to select seats.

When I was 12, I’d have been delighted to sit in my own. But you know your DD

I think given responses here I won't ask!

If I was happy to move I would, I wouldn't move because you offered me money.

Unbelievable how many people think they should be entitled to seats together without paying, when everyone else has paid for the privilege.

My daughter's best friend is 12 and is regularly
flying completely on her own to see her dad in Eastern Europe (there and back).

I like money do I would welcome being offered it to move & gladly accept! As long as they were needing 2 seats so I can take DD

I book an aisle seat for a reason. So no I won't move unless you get me another aisle seat in a comparable part of the plane.

It's not great for you OP but you have to accept that having kids, doesn't trump people with needs or wants that they have pre-planned for. And no I'm not an arsehole if I don't want to move.

If somebody has paid to choose the seats they want, why do you think they should then move without getting that money back?

I wouldn't move, I have my own reasons for the seats I book, but it can't hurt to ask as long as nobody is being made to feel guilty.

There's nothing wrong with asking.

Don't get the poster who think it's tight for passengers who have paid extra, and it's not cheap, to not give up their seat for nothing. Possibly business class passengers should swop seats because someone in economy can't be arsed paying the extra.

I’d pay you to sit away from my family on a flight.

Are you sure you need to book seats?

I have never done this, and we have always been put together, even with checking in within 24 hours.

I was on a very full flight last week and we had seats A, B, C and D in the same row.

How old is the youngest? Id be tempted to sit them together.

There was a thread recently where the OP was criticised for not giving up her prebooked and prepaid seats for someone with children who hadn't done so.
Be prepared to be refused.
You should have prebooked your seats.

I pay to choose my seats and I'd feel really awkward if someone asked me to move.

For what it's worth I paid for the seat allocations we have, it's not about being cheap/not paying. Perhaps disorganised but looking back I originally selected seats but the holiday has been moved several times.

I get 12 isn't little but he will be nervous alone.

@Blarting I certainly wouldn't accept money but I thought maybe it was about money for other people. I have moved on flights and on busy trains when there has been a need.

But I pretty much have my answer. I don't want to cause a problem when boarding.

*Are you sure you need to book seats?

I have never done this, and we have always been put together, even with checking in within 24 hours.*

I don't think the budget airlines do this.

Op how long is the flight?
prepare your dc that they’ll most likely be sitting alone, make sure they have snacks and book/phone or whatever to keep them occupied.
speak to the airline crew and jet them know your dc is nervous and ask them about the possibility of them moving nearer to you if a seat is free.

Of course it's OK to ask. Can't do any harm.

Utterly ridiculous you think the airline were the arseholes here, if you want particular seats pay for them like everyone else.

Sorry but it would be putting people on the spot. People might be nervous fliers or have a reason for wanting a particular seat. Maybe put the kids together? You don't say how old the other is but they might prefer to be together if one is nervous.

How much did you plan to offer op?
And how did you plan to do it?
Are you going to stand in the aisle waving cash and just ask loudly who wants it?
I'm fascinated what the plan is, please talk me through it.

Well if we paid £70 so we could choose seats together I want the cost of both seats before I think about it. I wouldn’t accept though as I’m a nervous flier and DH distracts me. I freak out when they seal the door as we’re then shut in! We take the mick out of things in the magazine or di a crosd word to distract me.

Can’t you select/pay for your seats when you check in online OP?

I’m sure that’s usually an option if you don’t do it when you originally book.