Originally Posted by
DennisSFO
As for AI question - it's definitely a valid point and we wanted to test this and see if people would really want/need it. I guess the use case was for a typical user to ask AI which was trained on this kind of data which current available seats are better to select. This is a very good feedback - you know, when programmers see a new shining tech like LLMs, we might think everyone would want to use. But in a real life it might not be the case.
How do you usually make a decision to select your seats? I wonder if audience of the flyertalk is mostly comprised of frequent flyers who might not want this feature as they flown this product before. I recently interviewed a client for whom I booked Emirates business award on A380 and B777 who needed some guidance which seats to choose on B777 and she didn't realize it was a different seat.
There's lots of factors that go into right. For me, the criteria goes something like this:
1. Is a window seat available? If yes, pick a window. Make sure that it is a real window seat and that the window is not missing.
2. If some seats face forwards and some backwards, pick one that faces forwards because I easily get motion sick.
3. If the seats are staggered (UA Polaris for example), pick one that is closer to the window. If all the seats are uniform (reverse herringbone configs, for example), skip this step.
4. If one side of the plane is likely to get better views, pick that side.
5. If it's a flight where I want to be sleeping, don't pick a seat that is too close to a lavatory or a galley.
6. If it's a business cabin that has two sections, pick the one that is quieter during boarding.
In practice what this means is that I am usually in 3A when flying Polaris. On a LH 747-8, picking an upper deck seat is the top priority. In NH J I pick an A or K seat. etc...