Thomsons, in common with most of our charterlccs charge if you want to reserve seats together. Planes are configured with either two cabins premium economy class and economy class or just a single economy class cabin. For holidays booked in store, you can pop in to your local tui holiday store or call us. The front row is always blocked out until the last minute as medical seats, you cant pre book them. The firms owner tui travel said it would only make an exception to the charge for parents travelling with their children. Most airlines will offer you the chance to prebook your seat when your booking your flight. Paul also booked champagne and chocolates for the flight. Some airlines cant be managed online, please refer to our faqs to check your airline is included. Thomson holidaysdreamliner akumal forum tripadvisor. Thomson extra leg room seats air travel forum tripadvisor. For health reasons you wanted specific seats on a flight but while the thomson agency said yes its website said no margaret dibben sat 19 may. If you booked in store, you can pop into your local tui holiday store or call us on.
Shame on thomson flight seat booking marella cruises. Once youve entered your holiday details, simply follow the steps listed. Payments for these seats are direct with the airline. Aer lingus now offer 4 choices of flight seats when travelling in europe. You can choose your seats on our flights for a little extra.
To check in for a flight as part of an easyjet holiday booking, go to the checkin section of the easyjet website and select the no account or easyjet holidays booking option. To believe thomsons advance airline seat booking is a con. This is great news for customers who have previously missed out on seats due to the rush at the 90day window. How can i book flight extras, for example, a seat with extra leg room or an inflight meal. On some flights, passengers have the option of purchasing seats with extra legroom. Its easy to do, either at the time of booking your flight or afterwards through manage my booking. Basically, the plane was very full and most people had prebooked. Three weeks ago we paid for sitting together seats as we have a two year old with his own seat travelling with us,we did this at our local thomas cook store with the travel agent phoning them and paying over the phone with my debit card. Tc from a few hours after booking, thomson from 90 days prior to your return flight, which is unfortunate if youre going away for more than a week. Reserve your seats ahead of your flight with our select your seat service.
Thats right we are going to give you the low down on the best seats, so you can have as comfortable flight as possible. Just rang thomson to pay final balance of next cruise in caribbean and instead of taking my payment, all the operator from the call centre was interested in was trying blackmail us into paying for seats on the aircraft, that if we didnt we would be split up, sorry but so be it, nobody puts a gun. If i do end up not sitting with my hubby on the flights, so be it, but i will be doing a lot of questioning around the whole of the cabin whilst inflight to find out if thomson are purposly seperating people who have not prebooked seats to try to get us to pay the money next time we fly with them. Is it necessary to prebook seats on a thomson flight. Find out more on important travel information for your ski holiday booking. Simply enter the reference number in the box below. No more waiting to book your upgraded thomson airways seats.
As thomson main business is package holidays which often are families with children, they restrict the seats you can select because leaving an odd window seat makes it harder to seat people together, especially families. If you dont want to pay extra to pre book them, the best advice is to checkin as early as possible and select your seats. Seats that are suitable for infants will be labelled with a baby icon. Under your booking details, click on your flight number. Booking your flights early may also help as the flight is less likely to be full meaning there are more seats together.
With a late booking it is highly likely that a lot of the seats will have been prebooked given that a lot people prefer to be sat together. Thomson airways are happy to announce theyre lifting the 90day restriction on seat selection for customers who book premium club, extra space and extra legroom seats. In case anyone is interested, just had an email 17112016 confirming seat bookings for our flight out to orlando on thomson dreamliner for next may. You may be seated together but it will depend on how many seats are prebooked and where. You can book seats with extra space for an extra charge by selecting the option when your. Alternatively, look at thomas cook or thomson last minute offers departure within six weeks. Thomson holiday airline seat confusion left us beside.
Hi i want to have a look at the seat plan for air china airbus a330 industrie as i have found a good price in november on their web site. I know because ta is full of threads about people wanting to know the exact date and time their seating plan will open and they stay up to midnight to book their seats the minute it does open. If youve already booked seats with extra space, you can select these as soon as your holidays booked, over on the flight extras page. The thomson seat plan opens up 90 days before the return flight for prebooking seats. As mark says the computer has already selected seats but you can change them if you wish. This boeing 757200 aircraft seats 233 passengers in a oneclass configuration and is used on short to mediumhaul routes. Seat 33c was actually 26 whereas seat 33d e and f were 28. Does anyone know when you can book select a seat via first choice.
The number of people that fly thomson that prebook seats is very high. They do allocate all non prebooked seats the day before the flight, using a best fit model. Unhappy with thomson holidays seat selection holiday. Premium club have select your seat included in the price of the upgrade where you can pre book your preferred seats 90 days from your return flight date. Everything you need to know to get your ski holiday off to a smooth start.
For the last 4 holidays abroad the last one being september last year i have pre booked my seats all flying with thomson and have always had a choice of where to sit not just 6 rows i always log on as. Choose where you sit on the plane when you upgrade to select your seat. Having a problem with thomson and sitting together seats. If youre flying with another airline, youll need to be 16 years or over to book extra space seats. Youll get priority access to online checkin, and you can choose your seat from 90 days before your return flight on our flight extras page. It seems to be a thing with thomson customers, that and ife lol. In some cases you will also require the airline booking reference.
Just wondering is it worth prebooking our seats on our thomson flight tofrom cancun. We are booked on a thomas cook holiday with a thomson flight,all paid for and 7 weeks until departure. There is only the two of us, and were not that particularly bothered where on the plane we sit, as long as were sat together is it an actual possiblity, that we wouldnt be put together, or, is it. I booked a holiday yesterday to sharm for a week flying with thomsons on 20th august. If youve purchased premium, extra leg or extra space seats, they can be chosen at any time after booking your holiday. Its from the return date on the booking, just a suggestion and dont tell anyone try phoning tui airways 7 days earlier as thats when the flight opens for the 7 day holidays you may only be able to book outbound flight but you will have a better choice. You can prebook your seats subject to availability. Anyone upgraded to premium seat with thomson to pc before. The infants carer must choose an infantfriendly seat to sit the baby on their lap for safety reasons. How much are pre booked flight seats on charter and low. As a 6 my leg was always at an angle and always pushing hard into the seat. Seat upgrades are available to buy from 2 days before your flight out and up to 6 hours before you fly. Paul booked a holiday to cape verde through thomson with his partner. A woman hadnt paid to prebook seats, and had asssumed she would be sat with her young kids.
Theyre the only seats where a hoist can be used to get a wheelchair user into the seat so cant be pre booked in case they are needed at short notice. Thomson seat booking 90 days before flight air travel. Angle,does that 02 phone number let you prebook thomson seats before the 90. Holiday is paid in full, we travel on the 21st april yet it says you can not book seats. If youve opted for premium, extra legroom or extra space seats, you. You can choose to select your seat during the booking process, by calling our customer service team on 02034995251 or when you are checking in online. I booked return flights for my husband and myself to funchal in madeira with thomson airways, departing midjuly.
Hello i have booked extra legroom seats with thomson,normal seats become available to select on line 90 days before flight, but i have been told that the extra legroom seats are not pre selectable from aircraft seat plan like other seating and that they are pre allocated to you, could anybody confirm this arrangement. Getting fleeced by thomson and ba on select your seat. If you dont pay to pre book your seats then as you say the worst that can happen is you wont be sat together. As were sure youre aware these are the best seats on the plane and come with the highest.
Adults and children 12 years and over can book these seats in advance on a tui flight. First choice select a seat akumal message board tripadvisor. If you havent received your email, its worth checking your junk or spam folder in case it appears there. Help package holidays with easyjet holidays your easyjet flight. Austrian airlines and thomson airways innsbruck, salzburg and verona only. If you selected this service when you booked, you can pick your spots from 90 days before your return flights on our flight extras page. You can prebook during your flight booking, login to manage my trip or when you checkin for your flight. Tui plane seat reservation moneysavingexpert forum. On all flights, thomson airways offers a wide variety of food and drink for purchase. If youve purchased select your seat your seat map will be open and you can choose your seat number 90 days before your return flight.
To select your seats or add extras, please enter your booking details below. Does anyone know if this is at midnight 90 days before, or is it based on the flight time. Youll find your booking reference on your confirmation email. Our holiday agent has told us to prebook the seats just to be certain. With both you can pay to choose seats at reasonable prices. Please enter your booking number, as shown in your. Although the caa give guidelines on seating families together, there is no actual law about this. It took about 20 minutes of back and forth, but eventually the call centre agent managed to find us upgraded premium economy seats on the outbound flight and economy seats on the flight home. You can prebook seats with thomson 90 days before departure if you ring or 60 days if you go online.
Best seats imo and which ive experienced are 1a,1c, 1g and 1j. The charges are for select your seat which means you can be sat together but that could mean you could be sat infront, behind or separated by an aisle but gives you the opportunity to go online book your actual specific seat numbersrows for free. When she came to do onine checkin thomson, they were not sat together. Spoke to the travel agents, and apparently thomson have changed their system from today, its no longer 90 days from your return date, if you have premiumextraleg room purchased. If youre jetting off in the next 48 hours, you can upgrade on the flight extras. To ensure your party sits together, you can prebook seats on the following airlines. I offered to pay to reserve an aisle seat but thomson. A possible way to get seats next to one another is get to the airport early on flight day and be one of the first in the queue to check in. Choosing your seats if youve paid extra for select your seat and youre booking your holiday more than 90 days before your return flight, well send you a separate email once the seat map is available to you. To pre book your seat please contact the airline directly quoting ionian island holidays as your tour operator, your booking reference number, flight number, date of departure and specific flight request. Under seating, click on view or change seats for this flight and follow the instructions on screen. Booking your seat on a thomson flight marella cruises. Most airlines checkin opens between 30 days and 24 hours before you fly.