Originally Posted by
rrz518
Are the preferred seats worth the effort? The one saving grace of my current assignment is that in the very rear, there is only two abreast seating (where it narrows).
Depends on the aircraft but i would say yes. On the 747 the upper deck is pretty cool; the a340 and 777 have some preferred seats with better legroom (by far my #1 concern). For cdg-sfo i would do everything i could to have extra legroom.
Oh, and tweeting is easier than calling IME.