Originally Posted by
MikeBOS
A few ways:
2) The Main Cabin Select upgrades are just exit row seats with free food, which you can get at booking on the legacy airlines if you have status (minus the food). With VX you can only get them at the upgrade window, meaning 12 hours ahead for Silver and 24 hours for Gold. Making this worse, you really don't want to rely on the automated upgrade process if you don't want a middle seat, because that's mostly what's left at the upgrade windows and they give you no way to specify that you want the upgrade only if there's a window or aisle available. So much of the time the upgrade is actually something of a downgrade if you aren't careful. There is one row of exit seats available at booking for free, but this is at best at parity with the legacy airlines, not an advantage.
I mean, I guess. MCS, to me, compares more with First on most other airlines. I mean you get more legroom, free food, free drinks and free movies/tv.
Most of the time I get row 3 so I am one of the first off the plane which I also think is a great perk.
Maybe I am also just an alcoholic but the free unlimited drinks makes a 6hr JFK-SFO flight much more tolerable.
Maybe I am also crazy or weird but I think a middle seat MCS > aisle MC. The room in front of you (especially row 3) is almost essential I want to try to get some real laptop work in. The window and middle seats can also usually squeeze by with just closing the tray table rather than having the entire row stand up when someone needs the bathroom.