Originally Posted by
1sky
Ryanair marketing says you have to reserve a seat so that you can sit together with your child. If you book at short notice, under the new system, you are very unlikely to be allocated a seat next to your child. In short, you are paying for a service you are not getting (and are at the mercy of other passengers and cabin crew to help once onboard).
If you book late with a child undr 12 they will do everything they can to ensure you have a seat together, nothing has changed in that.