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Old Jul 13, 2024 | 6:01 pm
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Originally Posted by pythonisman
I would take 21F out of those two options.
I've not flown W on the 789 but did last week on the 380. I would suggest avoiding the window seat especially if you're travelling alone.

- The deep recline on the seats means you absolutely would not be able to step over your (potential) neighbour to get to the aisle, without asking them to move.
- The crew lock the windows to full darkness after takeoff from PER (at least last time I flew PER-LHR they did) meaning the only benefit you get is a wall to lean against. IMO the shell of the seat is enough to stop you from slipping into the neighbouring seat space.
- If you're able to, get any seat in the bulkhead row (row 20) to benefit from no-one reclining into your space. I think row 20 is usually blocked for bassinets in A/B/J/K and WP1/CL D/E/F, so there's a good chance they'll be able to be allocated at the last minute if they're not assigned earlier, with some luck. There is sometimes a lot of movement in the last 24-48hrs before flight as people change plans, miss connections or get upgraded etc.
As you suggested seating plan is opening up! I moved to bulkhead middle aisle 20F but right now 20K window bulkhead is also available, do you know if I can get past/ over my seatmate without waking him/her up?

Also I read that the middle seats are slightly wider, maybe wrong seems odd to me? And ifnal question about bulkhead versus normal row, is the leg space enough in BH to stretch I am not super tall about 1.8m

thanks!

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