Originally Posted by
Prospero
Some interesting stats were posted here a few months ago, researched by Which? I think. IIRC, the percentage of families who were allocated seats at checkin and ended up seated together was much higher than I expected it to be. This was a based on criteria where being seating together was the main priority, rather than cherry picking specific seats. If you want a specific seat then the paid option is there for that very purpose.
Interesting - thanks for that.
It rather matches my own and my family/friends’ experience that, as the research indicates, in the end most people are accommodated to their satisfaction. That said, the genuine anxiety felt by many who aren’t necessarily in a position to fork out perhaps hundreds of pounds on pre-selection that it won’t happen is not to underestimated.
if asked, my advice to those people where there is a comparable alternative carrier with free pre-selection, is to go with them.