Originally Posted by pdhenry
SeatGuru's seat maps show where the wings are, as well as telling you about other pitfalls (limited recline, close to the bathrooms, seats that are likely to get bumped by service carts, etc.).
The biggest pitfall is the window seats without a window (for example, row 12 on a UA 757)
SeatGuru is also good about that as well. In general, as a window-looker-outer, the best place to be is always in first class. Of course, as a non-window-looker-outer, it's also the best place to be