Your experience on XL Seats in AB A330
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Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: TXL
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Your experience on XL Seats in AB A330
Heyo,
as I normally fly EY to AUH, but they are not flying from TXL, I have some questions about the XL Seats.
I hold AB Gold, so they are free of charge.
I am currently placed on 14C on both legs, which one would you choose?
I have some doubt if 14C will be comfortable due to the armrest, what is your experience with the other XL seats? Are they more comfy etc?
Would love to get some other opinions than mine :P
as I normally fly EY to AUH, but they are not flying from TXL, I have some questions about the XL Seats.
I hold AB Gold, so they are free of charge.
I am currently placed on 14C on both legs, which one would you choose?
I have some doubt if 14C will be comfortable due to the armrest, what is your experience with the other XL seats? Are they more comfy etc?
Would love to get some other opinions than mine :P
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Join Date: Aug 2011
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I've flown transatlantic 4 times always in row 14 and it's a great Elite benefit.
A and K are "window" seats and the door mechanism intrudes in to your legroom. It looks awfully tempting to rest your legs on it but there is a big sign saying not to do so.
The toilet in front is for business class. I've never heard it and never been bothered by smell or anything else so I would suggest 14 is the way to go.
One of the disadvantages though is that the centre seats is a bassinet row and each time there's been young children in this area and if you get a noisy one this can detract from the experience.
I prefer the HK side to the AC side only because at boarding the entire plane load of passengers walks past 14A and C.
A and K are "window" seats and the door mechanism intrudes in to your legroom. It looks awfully tempting to rest your legs on it but there is a big sign saying not to do so.
The toilet in front is for business class. I've never heard it and never been bothered by smell or anything else so I would suggest 14 is the way to go.
One of the disadvantages though is that the centre seats is a bassinet row and each time there's been young children in this area and if you get a noisy one this can detract from the experience.
I prefer the HK side to the AC side only because at boarding the entire plane load of passengers walks past 14A and C.
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#14
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: NYC
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Posts: 135
XL seats are a decent value at $100 for a transatlantic flight -- worth it for me for the eastbound night flight.
But I just learned the hard way: avoid 15DEFG and avoid 16 DEFG. There were no window seat pairs available, so I booked 16D and 16G, this being the second row according to seat guru and according to the diagram I saw when booking. However, there are two configurations for the A330, and our configuration changed and this was the bulkhead (no central part of row 15). While we had the two aisle seats, we had to uncomfortably twist our legs to be able to stretch them out for sleeping. 16EF would have been torture. (I am about 180 cms, 6 feet.)
VF
But I just learned the hard way: avoid 15DEFG and avoid 16 DEFG. There were no window seat pairs available, so I booked 16D and 16G, this being the second row according to seat guru and according to the diagram I saw when booking. However, there are two configurations for the A330, and our configuration changed and this was the bulkhead (no central part of row 15). While we had the two aisle seats, we had to uncomfortably twist our legs to be able to stretch them out for sleeping. 16EF would have been torture. (I am about 180 cms, 6 feet.)
VF