Easyjet

Firstly, I must apologise for the delay in putting something up. It has been one of those years – death, car accidents, weddings etc. A real roller coaster. Sincere apologies for not taking some time to write a few items for my blog.


Easyjet

Having recently used this company for flights to Europe, and having not used them for a while, I was more than a little surprised by several changes.

Ignoring the costs (which have also risen, especially baggage-wise!), and the reduce in number of destinations when flying from Scotland, they now have a system of no booking groups. This means that regardless of whether you show up well in advance or not, you still have to queue for a long time to be able to sit with whomever you’re travelling or face being split up.

Some person seems to come along about forty-five minutes prior to departure (often before the plane has even shown up), lining up straight away and like sheep, the majority of others form a queue behind them, leaving you no choice but to join in instead of having a comfy seat until boarding time.

This smacks of bad management to me. No other budget (Really? Still a budget company? I think not!) airline company (that I am aware of) feels the need to put their passengers through this. Speedy booking isn’t really any faster, it simply means you get to stand at the front of the queue. However, this costs extra.

In the past, they would call out boarding groups and while this was not as good as individual seats, it was considerably better than the way things currently stand (pun intended).

While I would recommend shopping around, you can access Easyjet through their website:

www.easyjet.com