gaz68 wrote:LadyL2013 wrote:
For example this year, we paid to select our seats. 5 minutes after receiving the email with the link to do so pretty much all rows were gone apart from a few in the middle of the cabin and the rear of the cabin and that was on the first day seat selection became available.
I would not wait until the email arrives advising the seat plan is open. In my experience the seat plan is usually open at least 24hrs before, if not 48 or 72 hrs sometimes. It's worth checking regularly about a week before hand just to make sure.
We kept checking on 'myThomson' for the seating to become avaliable for selection, we received the email about 2 minutes after it went live on myThomson.
That's not really the point though. 28 inch seat pitch IS ridiculous on a 6 hour flight and most people pay a lot just to go on holiday let alone paying £100 extra not to be uncomfortable. Furthermore not everyone can book their holidays as soon as they become available, nor do they have access to constantly check for when seating becomes available for selection. They shouldn't be reprimanded for that.
