Originally Posted by
ft101
Ryanair introduced a rule that if there are kids in a booking, at least one adult must pay the going rate to pre-book a seat and can then select (free) adjacent seats for the kids. That seems reasonable enough to me.
This is a great idea, but in the U.K. it was bandied about as a tax on parents. I've just booked a RyanAir flight with my 3 yo son and this has guaranteed that we will sit together. It was £12.
Hypothetical situation: if you boarded and found your kid was sitting 3 rows away from you next to a person you didn't like the look of wouldn't you pay £12 to resolve it immediately without having to have a stressful argument with an FA and other pax?
Just pay the fee.