Originally Posted by
A321neo
You state this as if there are a considerable number of C+ seats the no not have "much more leg room". Is this true?
(Serious question... I've only flown in C+ a few times, either on a 757 or a 767, and always in an aisle, and always right before a boarding door... Otherwise I'm upfront. So I haven't experienced the whole gamut of C+)
Hard to make a blanket statement but the best C+ seat on almost all planes is better than the best main cabin seat. That said there are a few select seats in the fleet where the exit row seat is just as good (but not better) as the C+ seat (except you don't get a drink). In all cases as I noted above the actual seat is the same so it's just the legroom that changes. For example on the A321 the exit row on the A321 which is just as good as the row 13 C+ exit row).
FWIW, I've flown in C+ on the CR7, CR9, E170, E175, A319, A320, A220, A321, MD-88/89/90, 717, 737-800, 737-900, 757-200, 757-300, 763, 764, A332, A333, 777 (aka the entire DL fleet except the A339 -- and I've flown the A359 but of course it doesn't have C+ today) and the 737-900 is the only plane where I would decline a C+ and choose the exit row instead.
For all the rest I'd be fine with a C+ aisle seat (I don't do middle or window seats unless I'm in J) though in many the exit row is a suitable alternative to a C+ aisle and has similar or sometimes even more legroom.