Thank you. I'll definitely save my pennies and book 'normal' parking without 'fast track'

Thanks Darren,

That's reassuring about 19. I'm still a bit confused about row 26 though. That would give us the option of AB or FG seats, but she definitely said toilets row 28, seats at row 27 taken out so people stand there waiting for the loo, therefore 26 not a good row as people behind you chatting all the time. Also that that aircraft has no loo at the right at rear of the plane.

As you say, anything I've seen with an exit/loo further back is at rows 33/34. That's why I'm wondering if she has got something muddled - 26 by the window would be great if it's just a normal row.

mandyandcarl,

It's all personal preference when it comes down to it, but you'll like row 19 with not having to worry about those behind. The view from the window is a little obscured because of the wing, but once you're airborne, you only see sky and sea for 90% of the flight anyway so you'll not miss much.

Darren

Flight 653 Sharm El Sheik back to Robin Hood on 3rd January was a new 737. Big bummer with the new plane was the absence of the storage net at the back of the seat. Now there's a post slot at head level that's only big enough for magazines. So on a 6 hour flight there's nowhere to keep a bottle of water. Don't know whether it was the indifferent cabin crew on this flight or another new "feature", but it was red hot in the cabin and very uncomfortable. And of course I got the passenger who had to recline her seat. With such a small pitch they could save money by removing the recliner mechanism not the storage!

Finally, despite having paid for "sitting together" (5 of us) and having pre-booked our seats in rows 7 & 8, the clerk at Sharm seated a guy between my wife and I. This seat was pre-booked for my brother-in-law, who had to go back to work in Saudi a few days earlier. No mention of a refund of the booking fee, or the meal! There were other empty seats on the plane. Other examples of crazy seating were a couple who were seated a few rows apart, despite there being two seats together further back. And the guy between us had his mother seated at the back of the plane! It would seem the Sharm clerks are told to fill the plane from the front to the back.

So my advice here is to book yourself near the back of the plane to get a chance of a empty seat between you!

Richard

good evening
does anyone know if thomson have amenity packs back in stock.

Hi there, I'm flying back home Cancun to Man tom145 does Darren or anyone else know of any delays to this flight I know it was delayed around 9 hours last Saturday so I'm hoping we're going to be a bit luckier.
Thanks Irene

Sorry should have said the flight is tomorrow Sat 15th Jan

IreneC,

TOM144 is showing as departing as scheduled at the moment. The inbound aircraft is on-time too, so no delays currently.

Darren

Thanks Darren great info as usual, looks like we'll be home on schedule
Thanks again
Irene

have just noticed that one of the longhaul flights from gatwick is running a day late, TOM 035, how does this affect the schedule and what measures have they got to get it back on schedule. we fly wednesday lgw-azs tom 048, hoping this won't affect our flight.

gooner1970,

It will cause knock-on delays for a few days with flights operated by that aircraft while they catch up.

Darren

cheers dazbo,
what aircraft is it

gooner1970,

It should be G-DBLA that's running the delay at the moment.

Darren

Dazbo! Worried!
Just tracked Tom 060 this morning and it's showing Ph-OYI online! This is coming up as an Arkefly plane. What's the odds I'm going to end up on this next Sunday. What can you tell me about this aircraft? ie seat pitch, configuration, IFE etc! Thank you!! X
Racegirlx

racegirl3075,

If you haven't been notified of a change, you won't be on that aircraft. PH-OYI is in the same configuration as the short haul 76W's but with no seat back IFE.

Darren

Thanks Dazbo!
How far in advance would they let us know? We booked our hols with Cruisedeals, so would they phone?
Don't fancy going all the way to Dom Rep on a short haul configuration as I am tall! X

racegirl3075,

For some of the planned ones, it was up to 2 months. If it's a last minute change due to a technical problem for example, you'll normally be told at check-in. The Arkfly are planned changes though as far as I know. The short haul configured aircraft aren't as bad as you imagine. Remember, these were the norm for Thomsonfly up to 2008, it hasn't always been like that. First Choice (before the merger) raised the bar when they introduced Star Class in late 2005. I've been across the pond on them many times and although they are far from ideal, they weren't all that bad. You just had to get up and have a strech of your legs more often. Many of the scheduled airlines only offer 31" seat pitch on trans-atlantic services in economy. We're spoilt with 33"!

EDIT: Just looking at the ACARS log for TOM060 this morning, it's operated by G-OOBK, not PH-OYI

Darren

Hi Darren could you tell me please which aircraft registration is flying TOM2731 Paphos to Manchester today. It departed this morning as TOM2730.

Thank you,
Jason

JasonMack,

It's a little early yet, I don't have all the ACARS logs for this morning yet. i'll keep looking. Are you coming back on the TOM2731?

Darren