Not necessarily
They charge another fiver for 'priority boarding', which means you are in the first of the unruly mobs to get on the plane. And if you've not checked in early, you're last on board. So it's a fist fight for the best of the remaining seats.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:40, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

check in online.
always in the second boarding group then. besides, a seat is a seat and it's not like knowing which seat you are in prevents you getting the arsehole from hell sitting next to you..
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:43, Reply)

I spend the fiver and then reserve a seat for whoever I am travelling with. I get a lot of dark looks for this but couldn't care less.

(lkjshaglkasjdhglkhjz lkcvl; g;aodh;owih, Thu 30 Sep 2010, 16:51, Reply)