Originally Posted by suziemay

Hello! Traveling JFK-DOH-KUL in February and so far looking to be Q Suites all four legs (fingers crossed). I’m booked in 3A for three of the four legs, and 5A for DOH-JFK. All 77W.

Been scouring the board and the ‘net, and consensus seems to be A/K seats are the way to go. Right now I pretty much have my pick (other than DOH-JFK which is slightly more full but still many options). Would anyone select a different seat and why?

My main concerns are:
- rear-facing: I’ve never flown rear facing, although it sounds like it’s non-factor for most
- noise from seat mate: I’m fairly sensitive to noise and seat disturbance in close proximity; I don’t like that my head will be next to 2B! Seems like this is unavoidable in most seats, are there seats where my head won’t be next to another passenger? Also, noise I can deal with using noise cancellation but how noticeable is it if 2B (and 4B on the one flight) fidget a lot?
- cabin noise: I don’t necessarily mind foot traffic but all the banging in the galley tend to get to me. As well as parties traveling together chatting to each other at high volumes


Thanks in advance! I guess this is what happens when spoilt for choice. There’s a saying in Hokkien my mum frequently uses in these situations which roughly translates to, “I was so picky about which geng geng (longans) to pick from and I ended up picking the chao (rotten) one!”. Don’t let me end up with the chao geng geng!