Travel on a Low-Cost Airline

The Easyjet Experience

Ahhhh, the low cost carrier. Getting to travel and save money. All low cost carriers are not created equal. Some mimic their more expensive counterparts - offering decent legroom, or generous baggage allowances. Some are even subsidiaries of their more expensive counterparts. Some offer advance seat selection, but a number of them do not.

Choosing your seat at the airport, in fact when you board the plane, is not unique to simply one low-cost carrier. And the scramble for seats -Ready, set, go - is one of the markers of the easyjet experience.

A clever ploy? Indeed, passengers arrive very early to get their boarding number. The lower the number, the earlier the boarding, and your chance to nab the seat you prefer. I usually show up early for my flights, but was unwise as to how early! On a recent flight from Athens to London Luton airport I learned that giving myself 2.5 hours advance check-in did not mean I would garner the coveted lower number range.