People flying with Ryanair this summer have been warned by Martin Lewis to look out for an extra charge from the airline.
The money saving expert's Tuesday night (June 20) special of his ITV show The Martin Lewis Money Show Live focused on holidays. Martin used part of the show to issue advice to families jetting off with Ryanair this summer.
He told viewers to be aware of the fact Ryanair charges groups to sit together, even if they have young children aged under 12, reports YorkshireLive. This is not the case with many other airlines, including easyJet, BA or Virgin.
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Martin told viewers: "Families sitting together for free on BA, easyJet, Virgin and some others.
"Look, the way airlines work these days is called 'drip pricing'. 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."
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