AirAsia X where to seat

[sirknight2u]

Hi everyone,

I am planning to travel to Malaysia from Melbourne using AirAsia X. Does anyone know which economy seats has more leg room? The back? I looked at the seating layout after partially booking over the internet and found heaps of bulkhead seats. The question from here will be whether those seats are close to the toilets? Cause if it is, i rather stay away.

Please share your experience. Thanks

 

[smithym]

I have just recently flown with Air Asia and hope this can help.

Rows 8 and 15 both bulkheads have the best leg room, prob 15 is the better option and would say either C or H would be the best seats around. The toilets are located up the very front, just behind row 33 and at the very back of the aircraft. So if you stay away from anywhere near row 33 you should be fine.

Something we learnt when we were going over was that the flight attendants don’t really care if you get up and change seats as everyone was getting up and changing seats. On the way back there was 6 of us travelling KUL-OOL and at check in we asked if we could be all seated together but the check in agent said not possible as flight was full and the 6 of us were scattered around the plane. After we boarded and got to our relevant seats we noticed that there were quite a few rows of seats still vacant and then heard the doors close and could see the stairs be taken away. We asked one of the crew if we could move to a row each and her reply was 'if you don’t someone else will' so all 6 of us had 3 seats to our self’s and all near each other. SO after you board have a look around for empty seats and as soon as the doors close venture out.

The other thing to take note of is that if you pre-book your meals they will offer your meal not long after take off but they do offer another meal service later on at a more decent lunch time. There were allot of people complaining as they were starving as they decided to eat their lunch at 1030.

Hope you enjoy your flight.

M

 

[sirknight2u]

Thanks that helps a lot. Do you know why on row 15, eventhough it is classified as hot seats, there are seats immediatly up the front (row 14)?

Also, do you know what is in the center? Between 15C and 15H?

 

[smithym]

Row 15 is one of the emergency exit rows, heaps of room but be carefull not to select one of the window seats as the door does restrict some of the leg room. From memory there is no seats between C and H

 

[k_sheep]

Groan, I booked 35H for my OOL-KUL next week. Hopefully toilets aren't too stinky

Am I right in assuming that there is a crew jump seat in front of 8J?

 

[smithym]

Groan, I booked 35H for my OOL-KUL next week. Hopefully toilets aren't too stinky

Am I right in assuming that there is a crew jump seat in front of 8J?

Not quite sure. I know row 8 i sthe start of economy with the XL seats in front of them in rows 1-7. Row 8, being a bulkhead, had not that much more leg room than standard seats.

 

[ervich]

Hi gents, I'm new here be gentle We are flying to KL in September, with 9 years old, people have flown with AirAsia question is to you, may we lift up the armrest between seats? and I have pre-booked row 47 as it is double seat not a triple, and I assume that it will have a bit wider seats, am I wrong? the other thong I'm flying back along a bit later a have booked originally 8C for my-self, and then changed to 15C, have I made a correct decision or row 8 was a better option?
Thank you

 

[k_sheep]

If no one has answered before then, I'll be back on the 23rd of june with the answer once I've checked it out!

 

[Natt]

Hi everyone,

I am planning to travel to Malaysia from Melbourne using AirAsia X. Does anyone know which economy seats has more leg room? The back? I looked at the seating layout after partially booking over the internet and found heaps of bulkhead seats. The question from here will be whether those seats are close to the toilets? Cause if it is, i rather stay away.

Please share your experience. Thanks

I did the Melbourne to Kuala Lumpur trip recently - I must admit I did not pay much attention to details like bulkheads - the plane was quite large, so I only noticed the really obvious things

I would say the exit rows are your best bet or the window seats of the 2x2 section (bear in mind that you will be have one person next to you blocking the aisle

are you going by yourself?

Oh and more info at

http://www.frequentflyer.com.au/community/open-discussion/xl-seats-air-asia-booked-17388.html

One other thing - On my flight there was only one meal service

 

[Natt]

Hi gents, I'm new here be gentle We are flying to KL in September, with 9 years old, people have flown with AirAsia question is to you, may we lift up the armrest between seats? and I have pre-booked row 47 as it is double seat not a triple, and I assume that it will have a bit wider seats, am I wrong? the other thong I'm flying back along a bit later a have booked originally 8C for my-self, and then changed to 15C, have I made a correct decision or row 8 was a better option?
Thank you

Hiya - can only base this on my flight

On the way there - yes you can pull up the armrest, no the seats are not wider, there aisle is wider, and there is more gap between the window seat itself and the window (if that makes sense) - meaning you can lounge around a bit more

On the way back no idea sorry

 

[sirknight2u]

If no one has answered before then, I'll be back on the 23rd of june with the answer once I've checked it out!

K_SHEEP... any updates?

 

[k_sheep]

Okay

I sat in 35K on the way there, and 8C on the way back.

35K (and 35A) is probably my pick for one of the best seats on the plane. It's not classified as an extra leg room seat, so you don't pay extra. This is because the exit door is in front of you, but it's still got a lot more room than normal, and you get a footrest as a bonus! It is right behind the toilets, however there's bucketloads of room in front so I didn't notice anyone congregating there. The crew jump seat is in front of you, but again it's miles away.

8C would be my pick for WORST seat on the plane, along with 8H, and I am counting the middles down the back. This is the first aisle seat after the XL seats, and the aisle is askew - this means the FAs with the carts run over your foot or ram your knee every time they go forward-back. You get less leg room than a standard seat because you can't put your feet under the seat in front of you. So you can either twist your legs way to the window side, or be stood on and run over constantly. To make matters worse, you pay dearly for this "extra leg room" seat. Screw that!!! I can ALWAYS sleep on planes, but this time I was woken up every 10 mins by someone stomping on my foot (because I couldn't twist myself enough to get out of the way).

All of the bulkhead seats are narrower since the tray and screens are in the armrest. To help compensate for this though, the middle seats are very narrow and aren't "real" seats - they have a seat belt, but noone over 3yrs old would fit in them. This is why you can't allocate them, but are great to put your junk on (since there's no seat back in front of you).

In other rows, the armrests lift up. The seats are fairly flat so if you're lucky enough to get a full row you could sleep fairly comfortably.

I didn't actually get down the back to have a good look around there, because these were both overnighters so sleep was a priority. I can say though the XL seats look to be about the same as a standard QF economy seat - in no way worth the money (unless you physically can't fit in the normal seats, which many people wouldn't).

 

[sirknight2u]

Awesome...thank K_Sheep.

Do you know what the deal with row 15? 15C and 15G is classified as hot seats, but on the seating layout it doesnt show any gaps infront. Theres a gap that appears infront of row 15 middle section. Is that the galley?

 

[k_sheep]

I believe row 15 is just normal exit row, and I think you may be right with the galley in the middle. 15A and K are still exit row, but the door juts in a bit so they can't call them hot seats, but I think they'd be alright