Martin Lewis has warned travellers flying with Ryanair this summer to make sure that they don’t get stung by an extra charge. The money saving expert shared holiday advice on The Martin Lewis Money Show live on ITV1 on Tuesday night.
During the show he issued guidance for families flying with Ryanair, YorkshireLive reports. He warned viewers that families wanting to sit together on a Ryanair flight would face an additional charge, even if they have young children aged under 12, which isn’t the case with other airlines including British Airways, EasyJet or Virgin.
Martin said: "Families sitting together for free on BA, EasyJet, Virgin and some others. Look, the way airlines work these days is called 'drip pricing'.
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“What that means is you have a nice headline price as then as you go through you have to pay extra for baggage, and you have to pay extra for your seat, and you have to pay extra for this and that, you have to pay extra for the toilet. Not yet, it may well come.
"And that's drip pricing. Which means if you think 'we all need to sit together' it can cost you £240 return extra not in the original price just to sit together. But it's worth knowing most airlines will endeavour to sit families together if there are seats available.
"Not Ryanair. It will sit you apart. But the best thing to do is find out the moment you can check in, the moment you can grab a seat and that is the time that you book, if you all want to sit together without paying. Most airlines will allow under 12s, some under 15s, to be guaranteed to sit next to one adult.
"Not Ryanair. It says the adult has to pay in order to have someone sitting next to them. Although to sit next to can legally be defined as 'separated by an aisle, or one row behind'.
"So generally, get your check-in as soon as possible, but don't be fear sold that you have to pay for it in other cases, it's just worth being on top of it to avoid that."
