Originally Posted by
doggerH
Husband and I plan on flying from Amsterdam to Rome on EasyJet on January 2, 2014.
When I looked back in June, it was only 54 euros (should've booked!). It has steadily gone up to 108 euros and now at 121 euros.
I did a dummy booking and tried to select seats and see that all the seats are available.
So my question is: if people booked and choose not to pay to select seats, should their booking "occupy" a seat on the seating chart?
No - those who have not paid to select seats are automatically assigned seats at some point not long before the flight departs (easyjet says they'll "seat families together wherever possible" - see
this FAQ).
Also, when I search on my browser (and I do delete the cookies), the rate is 121 euros right now but if I go through the EasyJet iPad app, the rate is 109 euros. The price to select seats and prepay for luggage is also lower.
At a guess (and without having looked at the app), it would seem likely that the iPad app doesn't add in the €12.50 booking fee until later, whilst the website incorporates it straight-away into the flight prices shown on the booking grid. (Not sure if that also accounts for the seat selection and luggage pricing differential.)
Contrary to what some say, prices on easyJet don't always increase, sometimes they do decrease - however in the case of a flight on 2 January, prices are only going to go up, so book now.