Originally Posted by
Davvidd
Thanks. I will do that as at least I can lean against the side and sleep. Maybe I am getting spoilt. The last 4 trips on AC, I have sat alone in PE. Hoping that my bid gets accepted for the upgrade.
Then you were simply "lucky."
I (and pretty much most others here who are part-time FOTSGs) have been on flights where my entire row is empty. And on many where the middle seat of 3-abreast are occupied while I'm the window or row seat.
Your chances of having a next-door neighbour increase drastically during IRROPs, among other situations.
It didn't matter what type of metal it was.