Originally Posted by
swag
If it's going to be a completely full flight (no empty middles anyway), then the known quantity of the row 7 seatmates may be preferable to the unknown of who will join you in the empty row 8. If the middle seat pax is relatively slender, for example...
+2
SW the only airline where I have the opportunity to choose my seatmates. I prefer to be surrounded by elderly - reading, sleeping all the way, geeks - working all the way etc. Size matters too. I do not like empty seat behind me: during family boarding a kid might get it. Even an exit row behind me is better choice. (I do not need to recline during a 1-3 hour flight.)
I think we all have different definiton of the 'good seat'.