View Poll Results: Which seat would you choose: Middle Seat MCE Exit or Standard MC Aisle?
I would take the middle Exit Row seat
4
21.05%
I would take a Main Cabin aisle seat
15
78.95%
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Middle Exit Row Vs. Standard Aisle
Jun 9, 2016, 8:15 pm
#16
Join Date: Jul 2010
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Jun 9, 2016, 9:10 pm
#17
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: LAX
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77W, any seat in the 3-3-3 section beats the 3-4-3 section. Most domestic flights, short enough flights, I prefer sitting as far forward as possible. Why? This means I get off the plane faster!
Jun 10, 2016, 3:51 am
#19
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
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Put me down as having middle seat phobia. Will not do it. Period.
Honestly, if a cheap seat in the rear was the only option, I'd simply BS a reason (for employer) that I needed to change my flight time and then book something else with more seat availability.
But, this would hardly every happen to me as I RARELY book last minute and I am ridiculously anal about choosing my seat as soon as my reservation is in the system.
Honestly, if a cheap seat in the rear was the only option, I'd simply BS a reason (for employer) that I needed to change my flight time and then book something else with more seat availability.
But, this would hardly every happen to me as I RARELY book last minute and I am ridiculously anal about choosing my seat as soon as my reservation is in the system.
Jun 10, 2016, 3:54 am
#20
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
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What does infuriate me, is when that middle seat person should have bought two tickets but did not, and thinks their overlap is going to take some of my real estate. That is when problems start.
Jun 11, 2016, 9:52 pm
#22
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: US
Programs: AAdvantage
Posts: 1,753
After avoiding middle seats like the plague, I gambled and took the MCE bulkhead exit, 10B, on a 321 today. 4 hour flight. It was that, the real economy middle seats, or one aisle seat WAY in the back. I figured I'd regret it.
Actually it was surprisingly pleasant for the reasons mentioned. I had room to work on my laptop, stretch out my legs, and get up when I wanted. It was not bad at all.
I still wouldn't choose it over any aisle or even window MCE, but as an alternative to a cramped back of the plane aisle seat? Yeah... It's not so bad.
I was wondering what others thought because I was quite surprised, to be honest.
Actually it was surprisingly pleasant for the reasons mentioned. I had room to work on my laptop, stretch out my legs, and get up when I wanted. It was not bad at all.
I still wouldn't choose it over any aisle or even window MCE, but as an alternative to a cramped back of the plane aisle seat? Yeah... It's not so bad.
I was wondering what others thought because I was quite surprised, to be honest.
Jun 12, 2016, 7:55 am
#24
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: West of the Rockies
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Posts: 1,271
Avoid the Butt Sizer
If it's a 738 with the new seats, I would suggest an aisle. The exit row seats are "butt sizers" (picture the carry-on baggage sizer applied to a seat) due to the tray tables being in the arm rest.
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Mar 2, 2020, 12:02 pm
#28
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Valley of the Sun, AZ, USA
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Middle exit row and set up a seat alert in EF to grab a non-middle MCE seat when they upgrade the folks who get upgrades these days.
2 weeks ago, I chose a middle non-MCE seat on an A320 over an exit aisle on a 319 as my meeting ended early, so I stood by for an earlier flight home. I survived the trip and got home 4 hours earlier than planned. I forgot how much wider the A320 seats seem to me than the 737s!
2 weeks ago, I chose a middle non-MCE seat on an A320 over an exit aisle on a 319 as my meeting ended early, so I stood by for an earlier flight home. I survived the trip and got home 4 hours earlier than planned. I forgot how much wider the A320 seats seem to me than the 737s!
Mar 2, 2020, 12:42 pm
#29
Join Date: May 2002
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Someone who has shorter legs, and who is perhaps a bit wider, would probably still be happier in an non-MCE aisle seat.
Mar 2, 2020, 1:42 pm
#30
Join Date: Mar 2016
Location: SAN
Programs: AA CK, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 839
In that scenario, I’d take the middle exit row seat over an aisle seat in the rear galley area. If the aisle seat was in the front or middle of the aircraft, I’d select that instead of the middle exit row seat. I don’t like sitting anywhere in the back of the plane.