Seat Allocation
As a family of five (with three young children) we booked flights from MAN - TLV via FRA about ten months before the journey this week. I did not bother doing on-line check-in as we had a fair amount of luggage and the Lufthansa check in counter and bag drop are the same counter in Manchester.
The flight from MAN - FRA was full and we were all given seat E (middle of three) one behind the other. This is not ideal for a group of five people especially a group with children.
I thought airlines did some allocation of seats a couple of days before the flight and would make some sensible allocation for a group where three passengers were child tickets and would presumably need to sit near a parent?
I am rather disappointed as over the years I have had very good service in this regard from Lufthansa. However the flight is now operated by BMI and the standards and seat pitch appear to have reduced. Now less leg room than on Jet2!