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Rome12xaDay

Hi,

Taking the last flight out of AMS tomorrow (Friday) to Gatwick and am on a rubbish basic fare (why they give solo travellers middle seats baffles me). I just noticed that the seat plan shows a row 30 A-F with two full lavs at the rear - am I missing something or is this extra dense? Don't think I've ever seen 30 on anything other than A321 even with the exBMI configs. Could it perhaps be a leased aircraft or one of the even denser A320s that were only just announced?

BA6501

It's standard for most LGW A320s now unfortunately...

CaroFos

Hi there. Off to Budapest on a 320... currently in 11 a and c but 12 b and c available.. (11 and 12 showing as exits) should I move? Is the middle seat likely to be taken or might this be blocked due to me being gold? MR CF likes to recline - I'm not bothered. Am I in the wrong row of the greens? still time to take the seats behind the theoretical curtain for the return journey...

Any words of wisdom would be appreciated.

corporate-wage-slave

Row 12 should recline slightly, row 11 won't. Some people find 11 is a harder seat as a consequence but it's fine for me. It is quite a short flight however! As Gold you may end up with a blocked seat in 11 but it's probably best not to count on that unless you are sure it's an empty flight, though I suspect that this blocking would happen in your case.

CaroFos

Hi there. Thank you CWS.. I will rely more on the fact a single traveler in a less than full flight might opt for a window or aisle further back before they plonk themselves in a middle leg room seat! But if not, we're more than happy to move one space sideways and give up whichever they'd prefer! Presume row 10 won't recline into us either?

corporate-wage-slave

With Theoretical Seating then non status passenger who don't pay for seat reservations are more likely to get middle seats, but hopefully your Gold block counts for more unless the flight is full. Yes, row 10 does not recline in that configuration, nor does 11, but 12 does recline.

Chris9642

Hey all - just selecting my seat for an upcoming CE trip this week from LGW - first time I've flown on the config with no row 1 on the DEF side - Row 1 A/C is available and row 2 D/F - in this config which is the best seats?

Thanks in advance

corporate-wage-slave

Seats 2D and 2F, this is the G-GAT aircraft. More details here (photos in post 245):

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...rbus-a320.html

However keep an eye on any last minute changes to other aircraft which do have 1D and 1F.

atcer28

I personally like seats 2D or F and really dislike row 1 A and C. I felt very exposed there especially during boarding when there are people all around your seat. You have nowhere to put anything in 1C. During take-off you are staring at the cabin crew eye to eye. During the flight it felt like I was sitting in the galley!

I would book row 2 D or F but keep an eye for aircraft changes using the myflights app.

Chris9642

Thanks all - I've booked 2 D/F and I'll keep an eye on any changes before Wednesday.

Palmer

Also, if there's one or two people waiting to use the loo then that's where they tend to congregate - directly where you're trying to stretch your legs.

2D and F are the best and lots of legroom.

Palmer

chris1979

+1 for 2 DF

Avoid row one on this bird as you practically sit in the galley and during boarding, all other 149 pax step on your toes.

corporate-wage-slave

Let me give the slight case for 1A and 1C on the G-GAT series, not that I would normally want to select there. On a less than full aircraft, on say a trip under 2 hours, the CE cabin will be operated by the SCCM, and won't be in that space very much. During take off and landing, if there is only one passenger in (say) 1A, the second crew member may sit in 1C during take off and landing. Queues for the WC may well not happen on a shorter sector, and so you would have for pretty much all the flight have unlimited leg room and reasonable privacy. I think you would need to be over 2 metres tall for this to make much difference, but that row is not a total disaster for all passengers all of the time. I know some passengers select that row deliberately and are happy with it.

chris1979

crickey, CWS, that's a lot of conditional "if's" in there to make row 1 sound acceptable.

of course, it's not a disaster and could be perfectly acceptable but - and I do not normally as a policy disagree with the oracle of FT - it's a bit like saying that if there are no other pax on board, no-one uses the toilet, one hates having a window, enjoys a bit of claustrophobia and self-harming, then row 25 on the 319 is perfectly fine for flights less than 18 mins

here's my pics of my row 1 experience - about half-way down: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-...bcn-lgw-3.html