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Old Apr 24, 2004 | 6:51 pm
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monahos
 
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Those last two rows of A/C and H/K seats are good for parties of two travelling on the 744.

The window seats on row 60 have extra elbow room, but in row 61 one does not have to worry about reclining fully, and can stretch a leg between 60A and the fuselage.

Among minuses, apart from being the last to deplane, would be:
- noisier and more vertical motion than further up front
- typically, customers in the last two Y section are often inexperienced flyers without advance seat reservations, and make for sometime bothersome seatmates/neighbors
- MH seems to serve Y meals from the nearest galley on, meaning you'll get last choice of meals. On 3 of my MH flights in Y in the past month, this was an issue (amazing how all Europeans wanted the Malaysian dish on their way there, and none on their way back!)


I doubt an aisle seat would go open, with the current loads on the Europe-KUL routes. LGK may have lighter loads though.

Being an aisle person, I usually ask for a D or G seat when flying alone on an MH 744 in Y (E/F are the last to fill up, and there is only one person disturbing you to go to the toilet).

MH 744's have an electronics box seriously eating into legroom in seats B, E, and K in economy. On 772's, A, E, and K (perhaps one more under G?).


All in all, 60A should be a pretty good seat.
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