Ryanair are being accused of hammering families with a so called 'family tax' after telling the parents of a three-year-old girl they'd need to pay extra if they wanted to sit beside her on a three-hour flight home from Portugal. The budget airline said there was nothing they could do to help Chris and Kim Parr after splitting-up their booking so their daughter Lily was sat by herself for the Faro to Liverpool flight - because they hadn't forked out extra to reserve specific seats. Staff at the notoriously no-frills carrier insisted that the Chorley family's seats couldn't be moved without policeman Chris and solicitor wife Kim stumping up an additional fee.Chris Parr booked Ryanair flights home to Liverpool from Faro with familyExpected to be sat together, but airline spread their seats across the planeDaughter Lily placed away from her family beside complete strangersTold to pay more to change seats or toddler Lily stays sat by herselfParents complain that only way to be sat with children is to pay 'family tax'
'On booking the tickets, _ was aware of the ages of the children, so why would it leave a three-year old on her own?'.