Cheers MUFC Fan, It didn't make any sense at all, On ZB's site it said £20 off each way, But the price was exactly the same as what I saw weeks ago. Where was the discount??
MAN - ALC FRI 18 JAN 0715 out - 2230 back = £56 + £10 for seats.
If they did scrap the seat charges, They would sell more seats
Maybe the fare you origionally saw had sold and they went up £20 in the first place. This often happens with supermarkets. You an go in one week and they have increased prices for an unknown reason, then the next week they put the product on 'buy one get one free' etc. and then the NEXT week they return to normal! (Or something like that!
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Selling £5 seat allocations is just another way of making money, just like FR do with check-in etc.