Originally Posted by ao40

We did this journey on the neo in December. I was also not looking forward to it, but we got avios seats at a peak time by taking a gamble when Egypt was still on the red list, and with the omicron surge we were just glad we could go. Was especially not looking forward to it as only got row 2, and usually go for 1C for the leg/knee space.

I was really pleasantly surprised - the leg space was actually decent enough, and the seat was comfortable for the length of flight. In-seat power was handy too.

As others have posted on similar threads about CE, row 2 does also have the advantage of being a bit more tucked away from the comings and goings at the front but still close enough for quick service.

I would almost go as far as saying it was as pleasant as a similar length flight to Cyprus we did in August that was upgraded to a long haul 787, though that was more to do with the terrible service and cabin packed full of kids which detracted a bit from having a CW seat and IFE.