The aisle seat - is it really that good?

[lightie]

Agree with Boris, I am blessed with a good bladder and would prefer the window seat, especially on short haul, even on long haul you can pick your time normally the other passengers get up and walk around, do whatever you want to do then. I prefer being able to lean up against the wall and if daylight can look out of the window.

 

[Champo]

I generally book two aisle seats for wife and I opposite each other for domestic travel. On Y on 747s I like to book the aisle and one next to it in the centre group of 4 so that strangers don't climb over you to get out. Booking two aisle seats can be a problem as many of the seat rows are offset and not level with each other

 

[Dyslexic traveler]

I always book an aisle seat for myself and widow for Dr H, I like a aisle so i can make faces at the children as they walk past.

Dr H on the other hand is not a great flyer and needs a window seat to fly,she pretends its a video and she is on a bus.

Wayne
The Dyslexic Traveler

 

[abstraction]

On long haul prefer the aisle because toilets are hard to access when someone's asleep. Also, there's usually a little button somewhere where you can lift the seat arm on the aisle seat - not well known. That's rather handy because when everyone is pinned to their seats during the meal service, you can slip out from under your tray and avoid queues.

 

[wombatpatties]

On long haul prefer the aisle because toilets are hard to access when someone's asleep. Also, there's usually a little button somewhere where you can lift the seat arm on the aisle seat - not well known. That's rather handy because when everyone is pinned to their seats during the meal service, you can slip out from under your tray and avoid queues.

Where is that little button then? are you gonna tell all us aisle preferrers? Is it on all flights, eg: Q, BA, SING?

 

[Stoopidsteve]

On long haul prefer the aisle because toilets are hard to access when someone's asleep. Also, there's usually a little button somewhere where you can lift the seat arm on the aisle seat - not well known. That's rather handy because when everyone is pinned to their seats during the meal service, you can slip out from under your tray and avoid queues.

Yes, do tell!

 

[abstraction]

Yes, do tell!

It varies from plane to plane. From memory on the 747 on Qantas it's under the arm near where it joins the seat. I think for passengers that need assistance it's necessary, so assume most planes will have it.

 

[wombatpatties]

It varies from plane to plane. From memory on the 747 on Qantas it's under the arm near where it joins the seat. I think for passengers that need assistance it's necessary, so assume most planes will have it.

Thanks for that information, I have noted it for my next trip...............only 14 months to go lol

 

[JohnK]

I generally book two aisle seats for wife and I opposite each other for domestic travel.

Sounds like an excellent idea.

On Y on 747s I like to book the aisle and one next to it in the centre group of 4 so that strangers don't climb over you to get out. Booking two aisle seats can be a problem as many of the seat rows are offset and not level with each other

I would not change the arrangement for international flights. I am sure she will survive for a few hours.

Part of the pre-nuptial agreement is I do not do middle seats. And a few other things to be advised later on.

 

[TravelingSmithy]

On long haul in Y the window seat is definitely the way to go (IMHO). Trying to sleep is a nightmare anywhere in Y, but at least you have a wall to lean on in the window seat. I just instinctively go for the window seat now, regardless of cabin class... I guess old habits die hard.

I agree ... And the worse thing in row 4 on 737s is the aisle where the J Cabin Curtain gets all over you...

 

[Warks]

Nice to see I made the front page with this one! Do I get an award?




(opens Pandora's box...)

 

[Julesmac]

Incontinence is not being able to control your bladder, as opposed to making a few trips to the loo during a long haul flight. Much better to drink plenty of water and make a few bathroom visits than sit still for 14+hours.

Jeez I'm astounded that so many of you can last so long without a visit to the toot! I'm also too much of a fidgetter not to get up and down and stretch my legs inflight. DVT anyone? I agree blackcat it's therefore much better for me to have the aisle. I still get cold shudders if MrMac does the bookings as he likes us to sit together. It took quite a few domestic (and one horrid international) flights in the middle seat being squished by blokes before I refused to sit anywhere but aisle seat. . What IS it with blokes and their immediate possession of the armrest and sticking their legs as far apart as they can - stakin' out their territory and filling all available space and then some. :evil:

 

[Skyring]

What IS it with blokes and their immediate possession of the armrest and sticking their legs as far apart as they can - stakin' out their territory and filling all available space and then some. :evil:

It's rude behaviour.

 

[dot]

Window for me - many of my flights are long haul overnight and being able to lean against the wall/window is the only thing that allows me to get any sleep in Y. I always have my camera with me and on most flights take photos out the window, you would be amazed with the images you can capture through an aircraft window. I make sure I use the toilet before I get on the plane and rarely need to go once I am on board regardless of how long the flight is). I like being 'cocooned' in my seat, I stick my NC headphones on and spend the time in my own little world. Having said that, a bulkhead window in Y is the best of both world - easy to get up if you do need to and still ensconced in my own little world.

 

[daturtle]

It's rude behaviour.

Sometimes you need to give the lads a bit of breathing room

 

[Skyring]

...a bulkhead window in Y is the best of both world - easy to get up if you do need to and still ensconced in my own little world.

That's one way of putting it!

I dislike the combination because it separates me from anything I can't cram into the seat pocket. The seats are narrower, the armrests fixed. If I'm flying longhaul Y on a 744, those pairs of seats right at the back are my choice. More space to put stuff and only one person blocking aisle access.

 

[Skyring]

Sometimes you need to give the lads a bit of breathing room

Yeah, well that's another reason to have lounge access to showers and clean undies in your carryon.

 

[docjames]

6'5 = aisle 4 life

I resemble that remark.

 

[cgichard]

I travel only long-haul and in Y (until my FF points accumulation improves dramatically) and have a strong preference for window, as I hate being bumped when asleep. A disadvantage not mentioned yet is that a single woman in a window seat next to a man (in the middle seat) may find that the FA asks the man rather than her what her meal preference is! The assumption being, I suppose, that they are travelling together. This happened to me twice on QF, on consecutive flights. Never on SQ.

That's one reason, besides the silly Santa Claus hats and "Ho! ho! ho!" from cabin crew on Christmas Day, why I no longer fly QF.

 

[rzzo]

Depends, I like the window because I won't be disturbed, and I'm good at climbing over sleeping people without waking them...