I just hope the public get what the public want when it comes to a family of 4 (2 small kids) checking in at the airport and not getting seats together. How will a punter feel who has paid €3 to preassign a seat when they are asked by the crew to move to seat a family together. IMHO this has nothing to do with giving people what they want...its about extracting as much cash from people. What next...charging a € to take a leak and €2 for the other. Aer Lingus has gone to the dogs. I recently travelled premier to NY and back from Chicago. The service was poor, the food cold, the in-flight entertainment not working and the Cabin Crew scarce.
EI call themselves low cost...I had to laugh. I looked to book DUB-BCN in August. Price excluding bags and seat assignment for 2 pax was €350 approx. FR charged €290, IB charged €230 and Clickair charged €190 (if you book with IB you still end up travelling with Clickair).