Originally Posted by QRC3288

26A can be a lovely seat, fyi. The catch is you may not get your first meal choice if you're not DM.

But for the record, I've sat there - intentionally - MANY times on longhaul sleeping flights. The way 77H is designed, PEY pax do NOT come up to the J cabin (unlike 77G). That's because they both have their own lav on 77H, and because the J cabin is massive from rows 15-26 plus a galley, and the J lav is in FRONT of the galley, deterring them from walking through (unlike 77G, where there are only 3 rows and a J lav is located next to row 24 behind the J galley, making it an easy call for PEY pax to go up and use the J lav. Also 77G doesn't have a PEY lav).

I take 26A over 26K as the PEY lav is on the K side. Occasionally pax congregate there and you can hear the lav door open and close if you're really sensitive. A side doesn't have this.

Basically, 26A usually has zero foot traffic except for FAs going between cabins.

The downside is meal choice, deplaning last in J (if that's an issue for you, although the FAs will militantly not permit PEY or Y pax from deplaning until you do), and once I've seeen FAs permit PEY pax to store a bag in the overhead above my seat due to space issues. But I think I've sat in 25 or 26A 20x longhaul before, and this has happened only once.

Service attentiveness is definitely superior in the mini-cabin. When I'm considering 26A, fyi it's usually for a sleeping flights when I don't give 2 squats about eating. And in those cases it is a perfect seat.