Anyone know the best seats to pick on frontier's diffrent types of aircraft? Do the first few rows have more or less pitch than the exit row seats? Do the stretch seats recline?

I'm not asking about any aircraft in particular because I bought gowild and got elite status so I'm just generally interested.

Seatguru.com is probably the best source on that, as you can even enter the flight number & date and it'll pull up the aircraft type.

I've noticed many of their newer planes are 100% non-recline (they would call it "pre-reclined" ), so even the stretch seats can't be adjusted. More typically, only rows 1-3 and 13 will recline...the fleet is mostly Airbus (haven't seen a Boeing with them) of the A319 and A320 variety. Don't expect any IFE or even places to plug in stuff, but that's part of what you're not paying for.

Generally the exit row seats have the most pitch. You may or may not get immovable armrests. The upside with the exit row is no babies or kids allowed there, while the downside is wider people erroneously thinking it's a better option. It's better for taller people but no better on width. As for the first three rows, you get more seat pitch (seatguru gives exact numbers usually) and it won't be a knee-crusher, but with row 1 (the bulkhead) you usually get the immovable armrests, can't stretch legs as far and have to put all your bags in the bin for take-offs and landings. Usually there's equipment blocking most of the foremost bins, so FAs have to be protective about reserving the second one for row 1 amid others trying to put bags there. Then you're having to go upstream a bit to retrieve bags after the plane lands.

Does row 1 generally have more leg room than 2&3?

No, you may get an indent at the bottom of the bulkhead wall, but even if so it won't be as much. I'm 6 feet tall and will always go for 2, 3 or then 13 if available. Bulkhead only if those are taken or have only middle seats.

They do count row 12 as an exit row and there is the extra pitch, but no recline and I think the seat is angled more upright to not encroach into the exit space for 13 (though I dunno if it applies to all aircraft types).

So my order of row preference would be 2, 3, 13, 1, and 12. Because lots of people don't pay for seats, seeing lots of empty regular seats on the map doesn't necessarily mean they stay empty, so you can't assume that for those.

Another thing to consider is that row 3 and 13 will have passengers behind you with normal leg room. That means you may feel their knees through those thin plastic seats. Kids behind you may also bang on the seats, and you'll feel it. I usually prefer row 12 and then row 2.

This is just my personal preference, but when I was 50K Elite last year, I always tried to get row 3. It's still stretch seating, but I could always put my carryon/personal item in the overhead bin right above me. Rows 1 and 2 you almost always have to go upstream to get your bag, even more so if someone else decided to move your bag further back to accommodate himself. I just always liked having my bag immediately above me. The couple of times when another Elite boarded before me and just happened to put their bag in "my" space, I was still within arm's reach of mine without having to ask anyone behind me to grab it, or otherwise try to bulldoze people out of the way to retrieve it.

The exit row was always my second choice, FWIW.

If you recline, you'll almost definitely feel the knees in your back, and probably some banging (among other things) whether there are kids there or not. People are already crammed into a tiny amount of space, and some get a little testy when you take even more of it away from them.

There is no right answer. My latest thinking is if it's a flight I think I'll want to sleep on (red-eye or very early) I'll go with Row 3, since there is no proper armrest for the window seat in row 13. If I think I might need to rush off the plane (say to catch the bus) then again, row 3.

But the overhead baggage shuffle up front is very annoying, so if I don't need to sleep and don't need to rush, I'll probably pick row 13.
Note that Frontier has some 321s in the fleet. Those have the added factor of a flight attendant jump seat facing you if you choose the window exit row.

I usually pick row 3 but i took exit my most recent trip and the legroom difference is noticeable. The downside of exit row is lack of a tray to work on that you do get upfront. Row 2 is terrible for the bag shuffle but it's better than Row 1 for space and usability.

I also notice that stretch seats fill up close to boarding time. Even if the seat map shows empty seats next to you two hours before the flight, those seats have often filled up right before boarding.

Not sure this is the right thread, but I bought row 13 stretch seat, and there was a tail swap to a NEO, where that's just a usual 30" row. I got stuck for 4 hours in a pretty bad seat.

1. Was there something I could have done to resolve this on the actual flight? Most of the exit row seats were empty.
2. Do I have any hope of getting a refund? I paid a lot more for that seat than the usual price for a seat for the flight, so I think it's fair to say that I was not delivered the product I purchased. But I have no idea how to contact Frontier (I don't fly them much)