If you are prepared to sit in a middle seat, not next to your partner , follow their rules to the letter then you can fly at these fares.

I can't believe how many people are complaining about seat allocation! If you want particular seats, or to sit together, then pay for it. If you don't want to pay then accept that you will get any seat. Also (disabilities and small children aside), does it MATTER if you sit beside your friend or relative, or if you can look out at the clouds, or if you have an aisle seat? It's only a flight, you're not going to live in the seat forever! It reminds me of primary school children squabbling about what seat they sit in and who it's next to!

Yeah if you choose random allocated seating, to everyone's surprise you will be randomly allocated a seat

Ryanair might sound cheap on their headline prices but trust me they will find some way to get loads more money out of you.

That's an amazing deal for Murica!
Oh, it's Murcia. :neutral_face:

According to their website they have 20% off from Scotland so it appears that these routes are reduced only. Others from Stanstead for example appears to be dearer

If you are travelling with family and friends note you have to pay extra otherwise you won't be sitting together. Ryanair was on BBC Watchdog about this. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p057dm8f

Yeah if you choose random allocated seating, to everyone's surprise you will be randomly allocated a seat

If everyone refuses to pay where they sit then after all the middle row seats have been occupied Ryanair will have no choice but to use the aisle and window seats. But that does not mean that families and friends will sit next to each other.

The only I can think of is that people start swapping seats before taking off and cause chaos, delay flights and cause Ryanair to change its policy.

I agree, if you play it to the letter then you are likely to pay what's on the tin. But it is a moving target with these guys and many of the second tier airports they fly from.

As customers catch on they move the goal posts. So you could find you book and by October things have changed a little. I'm sure many people purchased months ago with the expectation of sitting together unless they are unlucky, only for Ryan Air to change their "random" allocation to ensure you will sit apart unless you pay. Reminiscent of the games they used to play with the payment method surcharge, forcing you to use obscure methods of payment. And now the airports they use are getting in on the act.

I'm not saying flying is ever a pleasant experience. Used to fly regularly for work and despite them picking up the tab for business/first it's always a tiring experience you don't look forward to. But this lot (and some of the airports they fly from) are just starting to take the ****. Actively, unashamedly without any reasonable cause trying to screw you at every turn. Just imagine if every company behaved in this manner, sell you something cheap then deliberately made your life hell to squeeze extra out of you :/

I can vouch for their seat policy. If travelling alone it's fine. I just flew back from Murcia with two 15 year olds and we were allocated 3 middle seats even though we were obviously on same booking and 15 year olds are too young on ryanair to travel without an adult. Think it was around £33 to assign seats together.