Originally Posted by
Stockjock
But I've wondered if it might not be better to choose the middle section instead (not middle seat, but middle section. We'd have to get up for others a fewer number of times...
If you pick seats in the middle section you most likely won't have to stand up for anybody other than your gf. The other person in one of the middle seats will likely choose to get up and make one person stand up instead of two.
PLanes go out full nowadays. That empty middle seat will be assigned to someone in basic economy or someone that got booked on that flight last minute (irrops, stand by, etc)