Airline seating
March 5th 2009 00:04
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A bit bored at work today (very rare isn't, hasn't happened for a very long while, as you can tell from the lack of post from me these days) - so i have been reading the travel news online. There is always something about 'how to pay for less, how to get the best without breaking your budget, how to cheat your way to a better seat' type of articles giving travellers suggestions for their next holiday.
Todays topic was on How to get a decent seat in economy - well ok first off: You've paid for economy, there is no such thing as a decent seat. They are all of the same width, same firmness, same tilts on the back rest and the same leg room. The only difference is those with 3-4-3 seating and you end up getting stuck in between two very large individuals, then you might be in a little bit of a trouble.
The article mentions preferred seating programs where you pay a little more to get the seat you want. Yeah, that's one way to work it but for people who don't necessary travel that often and don't really know the aircrafts that well, the seating maps don't exactly tell you which are the good ones and which are the bad ones. The gap in the middle of the isle don't necessary mean leg room. It could be the toilet or a storage unit.
If you have booked your flights with a travel agent they are able to request seating for you. Whether they do or you request it yourself, all seating are on request ONLY and are never guaranteed, but at least, travel agents are *hopefully* knowledgable on the seating plans of particular aircrafts and hopefully pick you a good seat.
There is one way to learn - visit Seat Guru - a website that has the aircrafts of most of the airlines of the world, and let you know which are the good, the bad and just normal seats. if you get in early, you might be able to request for them.
Unless you are flying British Airways and Emirates (along with some other ones I can't remember right now) - they only allow their own frequent flyers (not those of flyers of affiliated programs) to requests seats. In that case you just have to rock up to the airport early and request it at the counter.
But seriously, if you want very wide seats, if you demand that you cannot sleep unless your seat can tilt the right angles, if you simply just whinge your whole journey because you can't stretch your legs? Pay the price and travel in business class. You get what you've paid for.
Todays topic was on How to get a decent seat in economy - well ok first off: You've paid for economy, there is no such thing as a decent seat. They are all of the same width, same firmness, same tilts on the back rest and the same leg room. The only difference is those with 3-4-3 seating and you end up getting stuck in between two very large individuals, then you might be in a little bit of a trouble.
The article mentions preferred seating programs where you pay a little more to get the seat you want. Yeah, that's one way to work it but for people who don't necessary travel that often and don't really know the aircrafts that well, the seating maps don't exactly tell you which are the good ones and which are the bad ones. The gap in the middle of the isle don't necessary mean leg room. It could be the toilet or a storage unit.
If you have booked your flights with a travel agent they are able to request seating for you. Whether they do or you request it yourself, all seating are on request ONLY and are never guaranteed, but at least, travel agents are *hopefully* knowledgable on the seating plans of particular aircrafts and hopefully pick you a good seat.
There is one way to learn - visit Seat Guru - a website that has the aircrafts of most of the airlines of the world, and let you know which are the good, the bad and just normal seats. if you get in early, you might be able to request for them.
Unless you are flying British Airways and Emirates (along with some other ones I can't remember right now) - they only allow their own frequent flyers (not those of flyers of affiliated programs) to requests seats. In that case you just have to rock up to the airport early and request it at the counter.
But seriously, if you want very wide seats, if you demand that you cannot sleep unless your seat can tilt the right angles, if you simply just whinge your whole journey because you can't stretch your legs? Pay the price and travel in business class. You get what you've paid for.
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