we are going to goa in march, are the seats in dreamliner wider that the older planes that used to fly there??
not sure whether to book premium or just extra leg room?
J

Hi Darren
Flying next fri the 16th of August from Birmingham on Tom564, can u tell me what the inbound flight is please ..thank you

janejulton,

Seat widths are the same.

Darren

knitter46,

The aircraft comes in from Sanford (TOM375).

Darren

Hi, am on TOM 512 on 27th Aug MAN-AYT, I have booked my seats and some websites say it is a 767 others a Dreamliner. Any idea which one it actually is? Thanks

Margoose,

MAN-AYT-MAN (TOM512/3) is scheduled to be operated by Boeing 767-300/ER (short haul).

Darren

Hi.. flying to Hurghada on Monday 26th August (TOM770) Have noticed it will be a 737-800 but wandering which reg? Would be nice if it was new livery/ 2012/2013 model.
If not able to say then thanks anyway

Andrezr,

Welcome onboard
Aircraft are swapped and changed all the time, a single aircraft isn't allocated to a particular flight so it's impossible to know this far out. As an example, the following aircraft have been used on TOM770/1 through July and the last flight;

G-FDZB
G-TAWN
G-TAWH
G-FDZY
G-TAWL
G-TAWO

It could be any of the 738 fleet for your flight.

Darren

Flying 27.08.13 LGW - Antalya Flight No TOM 286 return 06.09.13 TOM 403

Just reading my booking again we ahve booked extra space seats !!! What is the difference between extra space and extra legroom seats and what have i paid an extra £ 100.00 for

We are in row 15 going out and row 36 returning

edhall,

They are one in the same although some aircraft have some extra space seats that are none exit rows. More details on our What Aircraft? guide (link below).

Darren

Dazbo HT Mod wrote:

edhall,

They are one in the same.

Darren

How can this be? I was checking flights from GLA to LPA for February next year. There are seats with extra space at £45 return pp & seats with extra legroom at £60 pp. Surely if they were the same there wouldn't be such a difference in price?

gaz

gaz68; you must be due to fly on one of the recently altered 757s - they have a number of rows ( 18 seats?) at the front of the aircraft which are "extra legroom" ie 34" seat pitch - they then have the "normal" exit row seats and bulkhead seats which are marketed as "extra space" -personally I always go for the extra space seats by exit rows,as these have mega legroom.

Dazbo HT Mod wrote:

edhall,

They are one in the same although some aircraft have some extra space seats that are none exit rows. More details on our What Aircraft? guide (link below).

Darren

Darren you have obviously edited your post because that's why my reply queried what you had said. I was puzzled originally when you said there was no difference in the seats when there was an obvious difference in price.

gaz

I still think they need to do something about the 28 inch pitch at the rear of the aircraft, surely this is verging on unhealthy for the longer fights to Egypt and Cape Verde, especially for taller passengers.

But those taller people have the option of paying for the extra space seats near the front. Holidays are a luxury especially the further afield ones so its not like anyone is being forced to sit in 28" seat pitch.

I'm afraid you don't have to be very tall to find 28 inches very uncomfortable indeed. My wife and I are about 5ft 10 inch and won't even use BA because of its miserly leg room in economy. We are going to Cape Verde in Nov. and have very reluctantly paid an extra £125 each for extra legroom Thomsons have a captive market to Verde unfortunately or we wouldn't have used them. It's several years since I used Thomson but I seem to recall that until all the mergers, Egypt and Verde were classed as long haul until Thomson got greedy and changed the long haul distances to make some extra profit.
As for the last post once the limited leg room seats are sold the choice of sitting in cramped conditions is removed as its then like it or lump it or don't go.
Alan

Have to agree with gramps - I'm 6'4" and when I was (much) younger I could tolerate the limited legroom but now I have to travel in extra space or extra legroom seats -otherwise I think that my knees would lock and they would have to lever me out of my seat!!-don't even get me started on reclining seats!!!

When an airline took some seats out to make more leg room people went with others because they were a bit cheaper. Most folk buy on price and not quality, I don't and you don't but that's how it is.
Last time I flew on a Thomson 757, one of my favourite planes, it had the old thick backed seats; I got cramp before taking off. The extra legroom/emergency exit seats had already gone.

Reclining seats make me go wild, I hate it when the so and so in front reclines, I usually try to push it back, you can't even read a paper. I wish they would stop this reclining on short haul planes. That's the advantage of flying Easyjet and Ryanair!

BY-TOM-AMM-FCA wrote:

But those taller people have the option of paying for the extra space seats near the front. Holidays are a luxury especially the further afield ones so its not like anyone is being forced to sit in 28" seat pitch.

Well yes, but recently I am finding that unless you book the holiday as soon as it becomes available, the extra legroom seats are gone. Realistically people don't sit there hitting refresh waiting for the new holidays to come up, they browse different holidays, do some research, shortlist etc.

We booked our holiday this year 15 months in advance and we weren't able to book extra legroom as these were gone already.

For example this year, we paid to select our seats. 5 minutes after receiving the email with the link to do so pretty much all rows were gone apart from a few in the middle of the cabin and the rear of the cabin and that was on the first day seat selection became available.

On an aircraft that carries approx 220-230 people only a very small amount will even be able to have the OPTION of selecting extra legroom. You have to be lightening quick these days or your left with standard seats.

Even as a shortie I think 28inch seat pitch is terrible for a 6 hour flight.