Originally Posted by
KingCanute
As you asked for feedback on specific seats, if nobody who reads your query has sat in those very seats before it is difficult to offer any more than general comments, so perhaps people thought those might be too obvious or not helpful and didn't reply.
But here goes anyway
It is all a matter of personal preference. I would probably choose to avoid both of those rows as they are likely to be impacted by traffic to and queues for the toilets throughout the flight. The Y seats are narrow these days so having the trays in the arms of row 23 may make them that bit tighter. And there is some suggestion on seatguru (yes, I know it's not as up to date as aerolopa that you sampled) that row 22
may have limited recline. That may or may not be the actual case of.course but I have not sat there to make a judgement. There is also the risk of unhappy occupants of the bassinets in row 23 keeping neighbours entertained
But none of that might be an issue for you, in which case go for it!
Fair point - I was however thinking that as this plane config has only 4 sets of seats in 2s, they might have been more popular for traveling couples, and there would be more feedback as a result.
The toilet question was one that did bother
me, I'd have been very put off if the door opened directly in line with the seat. But I found a YouTube TR with someone that was in 22K and it looks like the door is a few feet further back. So if anything, people are more likely to congregate in the space by the emergency exit.
Hence on balance, 22 seems marginally better than 23 - believe me, I'd rather avoid Y entirely, but 1 more year of school holiday travel and then I'm done with it! I just find it ironic that my 'home' carrier BA won't let me pick exit row seats for free, whereas I could potentially fill my boots on QR. Spoilt for choice...
Also sounds like equipment changes are common with QR so could be that I'll be back to the drawing board. At least it's an easy choice on the 380.