I am new to flying internationally. We are flying to London in the spring and are starting to look at flights. Only preferred seating and business class is in the front of the plane. Is it better to sit over the wing or farther in the back. Thanks for your help!!!!!
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It's really a matter of personal preference (as is the window/aisle choice), but it might help you to check out the seat info on SeatGuru.com.Originally Posted by fishingfrye
I am new to flying internationally. We are flying to London in the spring and are starting to look at flights. Only preferred seating and business class is in the front of the plane. Is it better to sit over the wing or farther in the back. Thanks for your help!!!!!
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Also, everything else being equal, I usually try to sit as far front as possible; 1) off the plane faster into the immigration queue, 2) served drinks/food sooner, and 3) nobody standing around your seat waiting to use the loo....Originally Posted by fishingfrye
I am new to flying internationally. We are flying to London in the spring and are starting to look at flights. Only preferred seating and business class is in the front of the plane. Is it better to sit over the wing or farther in the back. Thanks for your help!!!!!
However, as mentioned, www.SeatGuru.com is your friend.
Ditto the advice on SeatGuru. In general, with wing-mounted jets, if you can't sit in front of them, you will have appreciably less noise if you sit far behind the wings. OTOH, if you sit too far back you may have lots of noise and activity from the galley or folks lining up for the restrooms. Also, depending upon the airline, you may be late on/off the plane and find little or no overhead space. On some planes, curvature of the fuselage may make window seats cramped in some of the last rows. Tradeoffs, tradeoffs. Perhaps sitting as far forward as possible with a good set of noise-cancellation headphones is best.
If you do not have status (and I assume that you do not) there are several factors to think about. I'm a big guy 6'2", 250 lbs and I hate being cramped in the middle or against the window. So, I always try to get an aisle seat on long flights. I like to be able to get up and walk around.
There is one exception to the sit up front rule imo: if you find out that there are plenty of empty seats (or better yet a row of empty seats) in the back of plane, take one of those. If I can take two or three seats for a trans-Atlantic or trans-pacific flight, it's the closest thing to First Class without being in that section.
There is one exception to the sit up front rule imo: if you find out that there are plenty of empty seats (or better yet a row of empty seats) in the back of plane, take one of those. If I can take two or three seats for a trans-Atlantic or trans-pacific flight, it's the closest thing to First Class without being in that section.
Thanks for all the recommendations so far!! I will check out seat-guru.
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While I too like sitting forward, keep in mind that with some carriers that board "back to front" the forward economy rows are boarded last. This means if you don't have early boarding with status and the flight is full you won't have any overhead bin space, all the people who have boarded ahead of you will have filled up the bins...Originally Posted by wb8iny
Also, everything else being equal, I usually try to sit as far front as possible
They normally board window seats first for obvious reasons... But then again it takes longer to get off and to go to the toilet. Overhead bin space seems to be less of an issue on international flights than local ones, simply because the planes are bigger.
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The first of these is not necessarily true. I have been on several flights which used both front and rear doors for boarding and disembarkation. It depends on the airline and airport. (In my experience, Lufthansa is particularly prone to this, btu I would not claim to have a statistically valid sample.)Originally Posted by wb8iny
Also, everything else being equal, I usually try to sit as far front as possible; 1) off the plane faster into the immigration queue, 2) served drinks/food sooner, and 3) nobody standing around your seat waiting to use the loo....
I think I've been on some flights that were serviced from the back, too, but those were typically on weirder airlines.
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That may also be because many of the passengers on overseas flights check most of their baggage, so they do not have "maximum carryon size" bags to put in the overhead bins.Originally Posted by UnoriginalGuy
Overhead bin space seems to be less of an issue on international flights than local ones, simply because the planes are bigger.
This is also apparently the case on flights to Hawaii.