Originally Posted by
Gobber
The main point was that before buying a ticket it pays off to invest a fraction of the time to investigate what type of aircraft is planned/reported to be used on such routing. No matter which website, how accurate or inaccurate, updated or not updated, but you go and check yourself, not relying on a rumor or blog post. All of that was not done by the buyer, and yes we know Experflyer is getting the specific load, showing blocked or occupied seats, alerts etc. all subject to further changes of course. The main point was about the necessity of a basic research, not the specific provider. So after 5 second effort when even ever inaccurate seatguru have showed 2-2-2 config did nevertheless rang a bell to be more careful in making consumer choices.
Since Seatguru is known to be out of date, checking it is worse than doing nothing, as it leads one to believe something likely to be false. Check EF, or call QR, or tweet QR, sure. But Seatguru is less likely to be right than is a blogger.