Originally Posted by basscadet75

I flew in 9A just a couple of weeks ago. It was great, although the guy in front of me seemed to love his newspapers so I had the sound of crinkling paper keeping me up all night. Literally every time he finished one newspaper, he'd go up to the front and grab another one. He never watched a single in-flight movie - he just read every single newspaper they had, and made sure to turn the pages as loudly as possible.

If 5A was available, I'd go for it. I don't see how the seat itself could be all that much better, but with one fewer person in front of or behind you, that's just one fewer chance at having someone annoying around you. Of course, you could still get unlucky with the person in 6C or 5D.