Non-reclining rows
 

When selecting seats, row 9 was the first open from the top wo having to pay more. But a window popped up warning the seat does not recline. Does it make a big difference to have a non-reclining seat on a 3-hour flight? Row 9 (non-reclining) or row 15(reclining) - what’s the consensus? What if row 8 reclines all the way back - will that be uncomfortable? I’d say we are average-sized (haha) if that helps.

Is it worth moving 6 rows back to have a seat that actually reclines? I guess it depends on whether you value being comfortable for 3 hours more than getting off the plane 30 seconds sooner. Personal, I don't think it's even close, but everyone has their priorities.

It's a personal judgement, there can't really be a consensus on something like this. I never recline because I believe it's intrusive to the person behind me (and doesn't help me sleep anyway), and almost always get EMS since even if the person in front reclines, it means I can still open the laptop completely and get work done. But, other people can sleep, and other people do recline, so that's up to them. They bumped a guy up to Mint the other day on a LAS-BOS flight I was on b/c his seat was broken and didn't recline, so the airline seems to put some value on it themselves.

Thanks all for the input. Row 9 doesn't sound too bad so moved up.

I think reclinging sounds like more of a benefit, but that's just me

Are you on an A321? If so, you'll have nobody behind you because there is a door behind Row 9. I'd take that anyway over a seat with a row behind me.

Questin for anyone that knows. Looking at flight 0855 from EWR TO PLS on an A321.

Row 8 seats DEF. The map on jet blues site does not indicate an exit behind them in row 9 on that side of the aircraft.

Does anyone know if these seats recline?

Seatguru says no but I know that can be unreliable. I thought someone here might be able to weigh in.

Thanks!

If it was up to me....
 

...no seats on the plane would recline. When one person reclines it sets off a chain reaction of awful that culminates in the poor schmuck in a non-reclining seat getting hosed. When someone reclines ahead of you it's also extremely difficult to work on a computer.