When travelling with 2 adults and 1 child has anyone tried paying for 2 adult seats and choosing them so that there is 1 free seat between the 2 adults - will the airline have to automatically allocate that seat to a child?
Or is it better to pay to allocate that third seat to the child?
JV does lists now?
Are the dot points bold?
JV does lists now?
Nope thats the entire point…. JV made some wild claim about a 'list of companies' but can't provide it. Now just ignores the question.
So @jv where is the list?
Wow, that's totally out of character for them……
hahaha I know right ;)
jv just doesn't like people calling him out on his BS claims! Hey @jv?
Leave the man/woman with the tinfoil hat alone…..
Why!? @jv likes to spread his tinfoil views to everyone else.
So jv, hows that list coming along?
will the airline have to automatically allocate that seat to a child?
Wut? Why would the airline automatically have to do that?
How do you even expect to get the kid on the plane without a ticket?!
Seems like the easy way to make it they your kid doesn't have a seat available for them when you go to check in
I think OP is talking about paying for advance seat selection for only the two adults, and hoping their child will be allocated the seat between them somehow.
They obviously don't value their kid much……….
This is how you end up with "AITA, I demanded someone swap seats with my child and they refused and I told them to go (profanity) themselves and was escorted off the plane".
I've been in this situation….
Back in 2020, I had to get a work flight from Sydney to Melbourne.
I was sitting on an aisle seat near the emergency exit rows. Some mother and daughter then sat next to me. Father wanted to trade seats - he was sitting in the back somewhere in the middle seat. I said no to his seat but that I'd switch for another aisle seat somewhere else. I'm a big guy. I only sit in the aisle. Crew said it was within my rights to sit where I was assigned and as it was only a short flight, the father should suck it up and sit in his chair. Father agreed and went to the back of the plane.
And that's where the bullshit started.
We had to turn back once in mid-air for some reason. I flew extensively as a child around Asia and domestically and that was the first time I had a plane that ever turned back…
The flight was immediately grounded for hours when we returned. Some arab family then got out of their chairs and decided to have a picnic in the aisle. They kept eating over my chair. The little shit next to me then actually got sick.
I then asked to switch seats because I'd had enough.
All in all, it took 8 hours until we reached Melbourne. Normally, it takes 1.5 hours.
Worst flight I was ever on. And I've experienced all sorts of stupid behaviour flying to places like Pakistan and India in the past.
Thanks for attending my Ted talk.
Thanks all. This was only based on the fact the airline said they will always assign the kid next to an adult even if they have random seat selection. Nevertheless I don’t think it’s worth taking the chance.
Jetstar will definitely do it for 1 of the parent. But there is NO guarantee all 3 will be seating together (unless the kid is very young).
What if that adult happens to be Gary Glitter in the aisle seat?
As long as the child has an accompanying adult sitting next to them. From memory it's under 12 or so. Anyway staff try to avoid the separation. Not nice for anyone.
I have been on flights where the kids were allocated to different rows to the parents (and even entire families split up all over the place). No way I'd take that gamble.
How old is the child. I remember back in the days when i was 6, first thing we did when the seat belt signs went off was go off and find a row to ourselves. No budgo planes then so dont recall flights being full. We just sat in our seats, watched movies and played inflight games the whole time. Guess we cant do that these days with planes packed like sardines
How old is the child
32
Ah yes definitely need to sit with the parents to make sure they dont leave their phones/passports behind at that age
I laughed
I am pretty sure that some airlines have system rules in place that minors of a certain age range cannot sit apart from the accompanying adult.
rubbish
rubbish
Sounds like your list you haven't supplied.
I am pretty sure that some airlines have system rules in place that minors of a certain age range cannot sit apart from the accompanying adult.
Sure but that only applies if they have you know…..a seat booked. This sounds like a baby/toddler that doesn't need a seat booked.
You're correct
When travelling with 2 adults and 1 child has anyone tried paying for 2 adult seats and choosing them so that there is 1 free seat between the 2 adults - will the airline have to automatically allocate that seat to a child?
The middle seat 'hack' only works if the plane isn't full. Children not old enough to need a seat aka pay for it, are not assigned a seat. Simple as that. They sit on your lap.
Or is it better to pay to allocate that third seat to the child?
If you want your child to have a seat then yes, otherwise if the plane is full the kid has to sit on your lap the entire flight.
Basically if you want a bum on a seat no matter how big or small then you have to pay for it.
If your just talking about paying the seat allocation fee, then yeah just pay for all 3 and stop being cheap to save on a single seat fee.
QANTAS will.
Just tell them you're a stenographer at the current senate committee, and who 'may' suffer a lapse in concentration , if the 'need arises'.
If they are an infant you might get lucky and not have to have them in your lap.
If they are a child, and you didn’t allocate a seat most likely it will be sorted at checkin (get there early).
If it gets allocated to someone else, or if someone else chooses that seat, most likely the flight crew will try and sit you together by asking others to move seats. IMO this is bloody rude of you!
Second your last sentence sentiment.
There's a big difference between chasing a bargain, and entitlement. Imagine if 20 single kid parents did the same thing on the same flight.
There's a big difference between chasing a bargain, and entitlement
This smells more of entitlement than a bargain hunter, they are willing to pay for 2 seat allocations, so why not just pay for 3 and be done with it. As if their kid gets put somewhere else, they'll be screaming.
It is no one's best interest (kid, parents, staff) to have a dependent child sitting WITHOUT a care giver. Child should have free seat selection next to an accompanying adult.
Child should have free seat selection next to an accompanying adult.
Generally a child ticket will be assigned next to at lesat one of the accompanying adults in the booking if no seat selection was made/paid for, the other adult(s) it is free for all and can end up anywhere else in the plane ;)
As I said, they're happy to pay for 2 seat selections, so just pay for 3 and be done with it. Really don't see what the big deal is if they are so worried about it.
What if someone who loves the middle seat pays for advance seat selection and selects that middle seat between you two?
Then there is something wrong with them and you probably don't want to sit next to them anyway
no
They can assign any seat they want…
Sometimes it is random, other times, it is deliberately away from the other seats in the group to force you to pay to select a seat in the first place.