A Ryanair traveller has revealed how to get a whole row of seats to yourself on a flight. Rob Adcock, a content creator known as @robdidatiktok, has described himself as an "actual genius" after sharing how to get a "free upgrade" using an easy website hack.
He posted a video on TikTok of how to change your seat while he was on a flight from Menorca to East Midlands Airport. The video, which has amassed over 2.2 million views, explains how you should check in as normal, before checking for a free random allocator seat when the Ryanair website asks you.
As reported by My London, he said: “Do not pay! Then just before the flight, go back onto the [Ryanair] app, click ‘Manage’ in the top corner and change.”
At this stage, he advised to ‘Change’ next to the option which read, “You’re sitting in the Middle seat. Would you like to change?”. Rob adds: “Then it shows you a list of all the seats that are empty on the flight.
“Close the app, do not switch your seat, do not pay. Then what I do is find a couple seats where there’s no one in them, ideally extra legroom towards the front of the plane, then brazenly just go sit in it.
“I’ve been doing it for ages. The flight attendants have never asked me for my seat number yet. A nice seat away from being crammed in 2018.”
The video has received over 139,000 likes so far, as well as 571 comments. A Ryanair employee even praised him for the hack, saying: “Coming from a Ryanair cabin crew member I can say that is genius but if you get caught there could be some issues for you.”
Another said: “Works very well. Also, the Ryanair cabin crew, if you ask politely, will always allow you to change seats if the seat is free.”
A third commented “If you wait till the last possible second then don’t pick a seat you always get the extra leg room,” while a fourth said: “I've tried this before but it stopped allowing me to choose my seat a day before my flight.”
A fifth warned: “Do not do this on rows 29 to 33 on Ryanair. The last five rows are weight sensitive, after a head count anybody who shouldn't be sat there will be moved.”
Ryanair’s seating policy is as follows: “Ryanair offers the option to purchase reserved seats or free seats, which are assigned randomly during check-in. Passengers who choose ‘random seat allocation’ can check in between 24 hours and 2 hours before the flight departure time.
“If you purchase a seat at the time of booking, during check-in, or at any point leading-up to your flight, you can choose where to sit and that seat will be reserved for you. Online check-in opens 60 days before the scheduled departure time if you have purchased an allocated seat.”
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