Originally Posted by
stephencooke
... even though it costs more, the worst seat is the exit row window as the exit slide takes away from the legroom.
Flew Cathay Pacific's 777 recently and I had a similar seat. They charged extra for the other two exit row seats, but not this one for that reason. It wasn't too bad, but I'm not particularly tall. Has a similar seat on a Qantas 747 years ago and that felt worse.