Best seat on the plane?

[legalskier]

Supposedly it's 6A....and the worst is 31E.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1456671.html

What are your fave & least fave? Why?

[SkiDork]

silly poll. Each model is different.

That being said, I always love a window seat midships.

Gonna get the privilege of flying an A380 for the very 1st time in August, Lufthansa 401 JFK -> Frankfurt. Can't wait.

[ctenidae]

Any window seat in rows 1-6 is generally fine with me. Mostly because it's usually 1st or business class. I love traveling on our corporate travel policy...

My wife and I flew First on British to Spain last year, and are now well and truly spoiled. For the overnight flight, it just about is totally worth the extra money. On domestic flights, maybe not so much, but I won't complain about the extra elbow room.

[deadheadskier]

Aisle seat closest to the exit. I can't stand being at the back of the plane and waiting to get off. It never ceases to amaze me how long it takes people to get their shit together and deplane. This is especially true if I have a short amount of time to make it to a connecting flight.

[kickstand]

We flew first class to Alaska for our honeymoon. Figured we'd splurge for the once-in-a-lifetime trip. That was pretty sweet.

But the best seat I ever got...was flying solo BOS-DEN to meet up with my GF (now wife). For whatever reason, the guy at the ticket desk upgraded me to business class and I ended up with a single seat on the right side of the plane at the back of business class. I don't know the model of the plane, but it was freakin' sweet. Tons of leg room, no one to either side, lots of space to spread out and free drinks. It was heaven.

[bvibert]

Aisle seat in an emergency exit or bulkhead row. I prefer to be next to the window, but my shoulders get too cramped if there's someone next to me. At least with the aisle seat I can stretch into the aisle when there's no one in it. I just need to watch out for that damn drink cart.

Of course every model is different. Some have enough leg room for me without needing the emergency row, while with others my knees are pressed into the seat back in front of me the entire flight.

[bvibert]

Aisle seat closest to the exit. I can't stand being at the back of the plane and waiting to get off. It never ceases to amaze me how long it takes people to get their shit together and deplane. This is especially true if I have a short amount of time to make it to a connecting flight.

I don't mind the back of the plane, as long as I don't have a connector to make less than an hour after landing. Then I get antsy back there.



One flight I took a few months ago I purposely switched to the very back row to avoid the middle seat I was originally booked with. I ended up with the entire row to myself.

[JimG.]

Any seat far away from the person who gets airsick.

Somehow, that person always winds up next to me. Blech!

[Nick]

I like window seats because I'm a kid at heart and I love staring out the window. Exit rows are usually best if you can snag em. Other than that, front is normally better as they are first off. but i'll take whatever's cheapest, spirit airlines now charges you $30 to pick a seat, I just go wherever they tell me for that coin. That's $120 round trip for my wife and I just to pick a stupid seat for an hour flight to south carolina. nooo thanks!

[ctenidae]

Really, though, the best seat on a plane is any seat on any plane without snakes on it.