Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Flights, Airlines and Airports => Flights to Dalaman and Turkey, Airlines and Airports => Topic started by: legless on June 09, 2011, 19:10:10 PM
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I recently booked my flights with FTC, went right through and paid then tried to reserve seats. It wouldnt let me.
Has anyone else booked their seats @ 7.50 each way per person ? That will add another 30 quid on, do I just turn up and get what I am given ?
Comments please
Ron :)
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Not sure, but think you can do it by going into Manage your Booking.
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If you haven't booked an on board meal, then TC allocate your seats at the rear of the plane. So basically, you take what you are given
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I must admit we usually pay for seat together as have been seperated in the past. You could try turning up early to see if you can get seat together.
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I always try to book ahead, you can do it on their website, it's in the same bit as API. People are pretty quick off the mark booking seats though, I did ours for September the other day, and the first 5 rows were full. The earliest you can book is 90 days ahead. I have only recently started to book my seats,I used to ask at the booking in desk, but then you take whats left.
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I never pre book the seats. Most of the time in when I have asked at the check in for 4 seats in a row they have often told me they have already been reserved and we get 4 in a row? I cant bring myself to pay the extra I just think its a con. So far we have not been separated.
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Agreed bewva - we refuse to pay more for seats that we have already paid for. However, it's usually just the two of us (me and hubby) travelling and if we ever are separated it's not the end of the world, we can survive without each other for four hours! I do realise though that it is different when you are a family travelling with children and that you won't want to be separated which is of course what the airlines play on.
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Nonsense, if the airlines want to put our kids in a different part of the plane to us, we'd be delighted :D
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Originally posted by Scunner
Nonsense, if the airlines want to put our kids in a different part of the plane to us, we'd be delighted :D
:D:D
I was so grateful to be separated from my hubby and son on a long haul flight once. They had been to Burger King and eaten the gherkins - enough said. :D:D
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Well thats sorted FTC are not getting my £30.00 i'll take my chances
Ron
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Actually on one of the occasions we flew with TC from Glasgow to Dalaman without the kids, I had booked our flights separately. On arrival at check in we were told that seats together was not possible. The reason given was that we were checking in late - we checked in 2 hours and 10 minutes before departure time which I would call early but anyway...
We were given boarding passes around 6 rows apart. When we boarded the plane we said a tearful goodbye and went to our own seats. Once the flight had taken off and the seatbelt sign went off, Mrs Scunner moved...to sit in the empty seat next to me!!!
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It's ridiculous they should include the sit together in the price in the 1st place, a bit like luggage they know people going on holiday are going to have bags that are too big or heavy to take into the cabin. I think they have deliberately started to split people up who haven't paid for the sit together so that they will next time, as soon as you ask can we have seats together at check in they ask have you pre-booked.
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Originally posted by Scunner
Nonsense, if the airlines want to put our kids in a different part of the plane to us, we'd be delighted :D
:D silly me, my kids are grown up now - I'd forgotten about that bit!
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If there's just the two of you Ron then take a chance. You will probably get seats together but to make sure just be very nice at the desk and ask very politely if it's possible to get seats together. It always seems to work for us with TC.
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I dont think this is just a Thomas Cook thing. We flew with Thomson in May, my daughter and myself booked together, my husband booked later as his was just a return flight from Dalaman and when we asked to be seated together we were told the seats were already allocated. Ater getting the THomson rep involved who requested we get seats together if there were free seats available, we were seated together. When we get on the plane the six or seven rows in front of us on both sides were empty. Not sure why all the fuss was made by the check in staff at Dalaman but that seems to be the norm with them.
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Because they enjoy p-ssing you off,we have had many requests over the years regarding seating.
Ron