Yes that's right mile high boy.We flew from Doncaster on 737 to Palma,& although we had paid for legroom seats,i rang the airlline to ask if i could reserve 12 D&E on this route,as we knew from past experience that although 12 B&C are still legroom,they have less.
I was told that we would still have to pay the seat reservaion fee,on top of what we had paid fro the legroom.That's a bit of a cheek if you ask me!!!
Anyways,we were early to check in & ground staff would not let us choose 12 D&E,& would only let us have 12 B&C as they had already being allocated to us by the airline.
Gone are the days then when booking a flight,we could choose from the little seat plan thingy in the booking process.
For this reason alone,i prefer to fly monarch,as you can also choose the seat number.