SeatGuru vs. SeatExpert: Which one to believe?
#1
SeatGuru vs. SeatExpert: Which one to believe?
I am finding both websites have very differing opinions on seat quality.
For example I have two AF 343 long haul flights coming up in Affaires.
SeatGuru strongly encourages Seats 2A/B marking them green
SeatExpert recommends the other side of the plane...row one.... 1 J/K.... and calls 2A/B average.
Which site tends to be more accurate?
For example I have two AF 343 long haul flights coming up in Affaires.
SeatGuru strongly encourages Seats 2A/B marking them green
SeatExpert recommends the other side of the plane...row one.... 1 J/K.... and calls 2A/B average.
Which site tends to be more accurate?
#2
Join Date: Feb 2004
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As with reviews of movies or gadgets or anything else, it's not the rating that matters but the writeup of what the rating is based on. They can be equally accurate, but emphasize different factors in the rating.
#3
Join Date: Jul 2009
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Seat guru has been very good for me. I should probably do some research into seat expert. I have been using seat guru for lufthansa a340-300 flights from yyz into fra the last 2 years and every time I book my seats with LH i use the seatguru maps. I have yet to be disappointed
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Join Date: May 2009
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So far I've found SeatGuru to be excellent and have more information than SeatExpert.
They also take tips and actually do something with them-- they were missing the information that a certain KL733 seat was missing a window so I told them and they had updated it on the site a few days later. So if you find they have an inaccuracy, tell them! In fact, I just checked and seatexpert is still missing that info.
They also take tips and actually do something with them-- they were missing the information that a certain KL733 seat was missing a window so I told them and they had updated it on the site a few days later. So if you find they have an inaccuracy, tell them! In fact, I just checked and seatexpert is still missing that info.
Last edited by CyBeR; Oct 28, 2010 at 6:06 pm
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Join Date: Dec 2009
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I actually prefer SeatExpert. ^
I've been let down by SeatGuru lately, they don't even have the layout for Singapore Airlines' 777-200ER even though this plane flies to a number or European destinations, also Sydney, etc.
Also for the A380, both sites have inaccurate information about row 80 DEFG. Only the armrest between seats E and F is immovable, the ones between D and E as well as F and G are fine. Also, people don't congregate in front of those seats because there isn't enough room.
I've been let down by SeatGuru lately, they don't even have the layout for Singapore Airlines' 777-200ER even though this plane flies to a number or European destinations, also Sydney, etc.
Also for the A380, both sites have inaccurate information about row 80 DEFG. Only the armrest between seats E and F is immovable, the ones between D and E as well as F and G are fine. Also, people don't congregate in front of those seats because there isn't enough room.
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As you noted yourself, these are opinions. You'll have to develop your own experience on whose opinion you tend to agree with most of the time. FWIW, I look at both before long flights.
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Join Date: May 2009
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Also for the A380, both sites have inaccurate information about row 80 DEFG. Only the armrest between seats E and F is immovable, the ones between D and E as well as F and G are fine. Also, people don't congregate in front of those seats because there isn't enough room.
And of course, the green/yellow/red thing is not factual, it's opinion. Most people would prefer not to be seated near the lavatories, for instance, but I'm sure there are people who prefer it.
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Mate, I tried to tell them and even took the effort to write to SeatGuru. To this day I have not received a response, and the information posted has not been corrected...
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