TCX 254/255 Manchester to Barbados

[misscolina]

We booked and paid £60 for 2 seats together when the flightplanner opened up 9 weeks before departure.

We were informed by email 3 days before we flew that row 36 does not exist on this flight. If you have booked these seats (2 seats instead of 3) then you are going to be greatly disappointed as we were. P&O were not very helpful with regards to 2 seats together, in the end we changed the flight to Thomsons dreamliner premium seats at a cost of £249 each, as this was all that was available at such short notice.

So I just wanted to share this with anyone that has row 36 booked so that they have a chance to change there seats.

[jeanlyon]

You would have got two seats together when you checked in. Airlines do try to seat people together.

[arpster]

you paid an extra £500 so that you could sit together?..:confused:

[Lovemychoos]

I admit to being a bit confused here :confused:

 

Did the system allow you to actually book row 36? if so, why, if it didn't exist?

 

I've heard some strange stories about P&O's 'seat bookings', but if that was the case, its pretty bad :(

 

Lou

[pne1881]

Well, i've just been on these 2 flights on Fridays this month, and the aircraft had up to row 41. The flight was full, but the Saturday flight i believe was nowhere near full.

Did you go on a saturday? Maybe the Thomas Cook flights on Saturdays are a smaller aircraft if its not going to be full!!!

[misscolina]

TCX 254 is a Friday flight using the A330-200, on the cruise Personaliser you can select row 36 which shows this is a row of 2 seats not 3 but the plane configuration has been uploaded to the P&O site wrongly, therefore if you do select row 36 this will be a row of 3 seats and not 2. I hope this clarifies my earlier post.

I know the airline seat you together if they can but we like to sit on a row of 2 at the rear of the plane because neither I or my DH like to sit in the middle seat of 3.

[MattyBarlow]

Ah I see. This is caused by the previous owners of the TC planes. On the ex JML planes it is 3 seats. On the Ex MyTravel planes it is 2 seats.

[weliketocruise86]

How many actually pre-book seats on the aircraft ?

I see this as just another way to get more money out of you, especially when on the majority of scheduled flights you can do this for free.

I think the config on our flight is 2-4-2 but would prefer a window seat, guess we might have to copper up an extra 60 quid :rolleyes:

[ScotsTravelady]

I travel both long and short haul on Business every week and have found that most airlines will now charge you to guarantee a specific seat or get 2 seats together. It's a chance you take.