Eurowings will soon reintroduce the fixed seat allocation in the Basic fare that has been suspended since autumn 2020. If you are not satisfied with the "randomly" assigned seat, you have to put at least five euros on the table in order to be able to change it during online check-in.
Passengers on the Basic fare must check in via the Internet if web check-in is available on the route booked. Failure to do so may result in a fee being charged at the counter for the check-in process. This is significantly lower at Eurowings than at the competitors Ryanair and Wizz Air.
In February 2020, the Lufthansa subsidiary introduced the rule that passengers in the Basic fare could no longer freely select a seat based on availability during online check-in. Similar to the competition, fix is assigned randomly. Because of the corona pandemic, this was temporarily suspended and is now being reintroduced. In a sales release, the company emphasizes that passengers who have joint bookings should be automatically matched according to availability. Ryanair and Wizz Air also claim the same, but the opposite is the case.
Also Austrian Airlines, Swiss, Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines will soon be assigning seats randomly in the Economy Light fare. If you are not satisfied with the place, you have to put a proud 25 euros on the table for the change. The Kranich Group is obviously trying to tap into an additional source of money from the subject of seats.
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