Originally Posted by
Gig103
On AA domestic flights in the past 18 months, booking Aisle+Window MCE seats (translation: C+) for my wife and I, more than 50% of the time there was nobody between us. Even those who qualify for free C+ at check-in don't often want a middle for a few inches of legroom. And those times someone was there, we let them keep the middle seat since we have our own personal electronic devices.
When traveling as a
couple, that is a great strategy. Works well for us. We usually share a movie on the Ipad or computer. Even without assigned seating on Southwest, we do that and hope for the best. If the plane is filling up, we invite a single, slender person to take the aisle seat and I move to the middle.