Ryanair seat allocation

[JG1965]

I am flying for the first time with Ryanair later this week, with a friend, and have printed our boarding passes off as we only have hand luggage, I understand that we go straight to the boarding gate as we have checked in online, but we wondered how we know what number seats we have, how do we find out, as we want to sit together. It has SEQ NO: 54 on one boarding pass and SEQ NO: 55 on the other are these the seat numbers.
Thanks in advance

[Pamburke]

You don't actually have a reserved seat unless you paid more for it. Just go and queue up and it's first come first gets a seat.

[Pamburke]

you don't have a seat number with ryan air. Just go and queue. First in line gets the first seat unless you pay extra to reserve one.

[Euphemia]

You can pay extra for Priority Boarding which allows you through the departure gate and on to the plane first (provided that there is no coach to the plane).

[JG1965]

Sorry for sounding stupid, do you get allocated your seats when you board the plane?

[237SJ]

No, it`s a free for all. There is no seat allocation. Just grab a couple of seats.

[Buenchico]

As others have indicated, Ryanair is like a 'flying bus'. i.e. when you board a local bus you don't have reserved seats; you just look for what spaces are available. Exactly the same applies on Ryanair.

Ryanair does offer passes which enable you to be in the first group to board. (If you've not bought them online there may well be someone walking up and down the queue at the airport, offering them for sale). If you're travelling with young children (where, of course, it's essential that your party are all seated together) it MIGHT be worth purchasing such passes but, as long as you're among the first to join the 'normal' queue (by getting to the airport early) it's probably still not worth it.

If I'm to the only passenger sitting in a row of three seats, and I see a family group looking for seating together, I always offer to move. (As, I'm pleased to note, do many other people).

Chris

[jno]

if you do buy priority boarding, it may just mean you're first onto the bus ... which may mean you're last on to the plane itself. Ryanair mostly do short flights, so I've never thought it was worth it.

[Buenchico]

A valid point from Jno.

At some airports, all that 'priority boarding' gives you is the ability to get on the bus to the aircraft first. Once you get to the aircraft it's still a 'free for all' anyway!

(That doesn't normally apply at UK airports, such as Stansted, because the aircraft stand is usually right next to the gate, with no bus required, but it's worth knowing about!).

[slinkycat]

We flew with Ryanair for the first time this year. We decided to go for priority boarding because I get a bit nervous when flying so wanted to guarantee being next to hubby.
Granted it was only £5 each, but as other posters have said, it only gets you to the front of the queue for the bus, BUT there were two or three buses, so it does ensure that you are on the first bus, and we were definitly ahead of the scrum!

[twix123]

I often travel with Ryanair in a group of 10 to 12 passengers. We would not dream of paying extra for Priority Boarding, or any of the other extras used to grab more money from the punters. We have always managed to get as many rows of seats together as necessary with no problems, therefore 2 people traveling together should have no difficulty. If you board the plane using the rear steps there are usually more seats together than using the front steps!