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Old Mar 13, 2018, 7:46 pm
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glg
 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Chicago, IL, US
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Originally Posted by t325
I'm a bigger guy (not 2 seats big, I can comfortably fit in one seat with armrests down, no extender needed), but when traveling solo, I do the puffer fish. I prefer aisle seats, so I take my seat, put armrests up, manspread a bit and look bigger than I really am. As long as it's not a completely full flight, it almost always results in an empty middle.
I totally do this.

Next level is on those completely full flights, when you see a smaller person coming by, quickly close up and look a little smaller and be hopeful. That's worked sometimes.
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