A seasoned traveller has claimed her hack can cheat Ryanair’s system and guarantee aisle or window seats – for free.
Lauren Hawker-Jones, from travel tips firm Jack’s Flight Club, has demonstrated how customers can swerve the dreaded middle seats during online check-in.
Lauren, who lives in Barcelona, Spain, has hailed her hack as a ‘small-but-satisfying win for the average budget-conscious traveller’.
Footage viewed more than 200,000 times shows the 29-year-old getting ready to check in 24 hours before her flight was due to take off, identifying the available seats you don’t want.
In a separate tab, she loads up Ryanair again and opens up a new booking for the flight.
The travel worker can then be seen adding three new passengers to allocate them the unwanted middle spaces.
She claims Ryanair then reserves them as the system thinks they’re being bought, leaving only seats you’re happy with being available for ‘random allocation’.
Lauren, from Birmingham, West Midlands, said: ‘As a budget traveller I’m always looking out for small ways to make the journey more comfortable in a cost-effective way.
Lauren Hawker-Jones shared her genius trick to avoid the middle seat
Lauren, who works at travel tips firm Jack’s Flight Club, explained her method
‘Since testing this out a few months ago I’ve tried it on every flight since and I’ve always landed a window or aisle seat.
‘I think with all the increasing luggage restrictions and tighter seating becoming the norm, it feels like a small-but-satisfying win for the average budget-conscious traveller.
‘I doubt it’s going to sink Ryanair anytime soon so if it helps even a few people avoid the dreaded middle seat without forking out even more cash I think it’s worth sharing.’
Katy Maclure, head of community and content at Jack’s Flight Club, says the hack is a way to ‘get back at Ryanair who have no shame in charging extra for more breathing room’.
Katy said: ‘Lauren discovered it when she was travelling back to the UK to visit family and she’s managed to replicate it since.
‘Our mission is to make sure people can travel without spending over the odds and if we can find ways without having to pay these inflated fees then we want to share them.
‘It’s normal there’s going to be a hold on that seat so presuming there are enough seats left to buy there’s an opportunity to jump in on a bargain.
‘It only works closer to the end of the check-in time when most of the seats are allocated so you have to have the time and the willpower but it works.
You start by opening multiple tabs and selecting the middle seat, to pretend to ‘book’ them
The hack then makes it appear as though the seats have already been booked
‘Hating the middle seat is about personal space because if you’re not willing to spend that bit extra you’re jumped in between people you don’t know.
‘It’s like a punishment and it doesn’t feel fair so this is a good way to claim that personal space and get one back over the airline who have no shame in charging extra for more breathing room.’
The post, captioned ‘desperate to avoid the middle seat?’, has been liked more than 2,400 times and has more than 75 comments.
One commented: ‘Love it, travel alone and hate the lottery of the seat picking.’
A second said: ‘Lol love it for real. The tech guys will hate it.’
A third added: ‘I’ve done it with up to 20 seats.’
However, one said: ‘Not a hack. It’s a cheapskate trying to dodge seat costs.’
Another agreed and said: ‘Just pay the premium.’
Ryanair has been contacted for comment.
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