What do you do?

[Mattk]

^The seats are bigger. I think that is a significant benefit. Some airlines have good economy class, some have crap economy class. Sometimes it varies greatly between airlines.

[Mattk]

^Ah, OK. I flew Air New Zealand last year and on the flight back here, the plane had nice tan leather seats in economy. I thought that was cool until I tried to recline my seat and realised I couldn't because the emergency door was immediately behind it and that function of the seat had been disabled. Bugger.

[saadie]

^^ always ask for the seat you want ...

i either take window seat on the first 2 rows .. or the window seat at the last row

[Erez]

I got the window seat at the last row 747 I think..
for first class they wanted around 5 grand.. so it eco for me..

[Mattk]

^^ always ask for the seat you want ...

I probably should have. Ah well, at least the seats were leather.

[Mattk]

I prefer to get the emergency exit seats - so I can stretch my legs

Yes, because the bloke in front can't recline his seat!

I don't like sitting at the back of planes. It just seems lonely.

[Shinigami]

It depends a lot on the plane and flight when it comes to the seats. Small flights, say back and forth Geneva - London, the difference between business and economy is negligeable. It's almost the same seats, maybe a bit wider if they eliminate the middle row.

But for the longer haul flights, some companies have some decent business class (and even better, first class) seats. Fully reclining (lufthansa comes to mind), semi reclining (British Airways business class, although they're changing things this summer) and semi reclining for just the feet (Argentinean airlines).

There's a website (forgot the name right now, but a quick google search should find it) where you can find out what seating is in just about any major flight anywhere. This way you can find out the seat and row number, and ask to be given that seat when making your reservation. Very useful if you want to have the "exit" seats as was mentioned.

I've racked up so many miles on my BA card that it's pretty much stuck permanently on gold status and I could fly geneva - japan several times (in business)

I just might do that in a few years time when I've got enough miles to get firstclass for me and my girl (needs like a million miles, but I'm not too far off now).

I wonder what company I'll be flying when I go around Chile, Mexico, Brazil and Colombia in the next few months :shock:

[TopGearNL]

Once flew with a Boeing 747 Cargo from El Al out of Israel, they had seats behind the cockpit on the 2nd deck and best thing was they were 1st class but they charged economy class prices

[Erez]

^ sweet deal! 8)

[TopGearNL]

Originally Posted by Erez ^ sweet deal! 8)

Yeah! Best thing was that we were almost the only ones there, so it was very quiet and we had like 2 Stewardesses for 8 men, now thats what I call service!

[Erez]

well I checked prices for my tickets, like I said, I got the eco at $630 business was around $3,000 and first was around $5,000, I can't justify that sort of difference unfortunately..

[TopGearNL]

^^ Insane! :shock:

[Erez]

sadly..

[Erez]

of course... just like mazda\toyota makes more money then ferrari\lambo..
+ I wont be cramped.. I'm ~1.75 and weight ~65Kg..
and I worked at the airport, and have some family that work there, so if there'll be a vacancy in the 1st\business.. we'll see if I'll get "upgraded"

..paying X5 times or more just for a little more space is crazy.. :bah:

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