Its all a money making scam!
What an utter load of rubbish, pay £5(€7.50ish so they'll prob charge€10) to get into groupA....save yourself the money and leave home 20 mins earlier. Anyway if a good seat is so important why fly lo-co at all???
U2 at LGW are very strict about the groups, from what I saw. I also notice that FR have a barrier beside all their gates at STN, 1-65 to the inside, 66-189 to the outside, same story at Cork.
To be honest the lo-cos arent all that great anymore, I have no problem not getting a meal, but things are getting out of hand. An assigned seat costs the princely sum of 0.00 as the lo-cos now use 'normal' non-recycleable boarding cards, but you have to pay a fiver for it. same story with the luggage as well. So therefore a lo-co flight aint all that lo-co when you add up all these charges and compare it to tradtional carriers fares.
Next time I fly I think ill take advantage of tradtional airlines, the fares are prob bout 10-20% more, but I have my own seat, no stres, more flexability and free luggage. When you add on teh cost and inconvenience of arriving abut an hour down the road from your intended destination it makes less and less sense.