Whether your flying at the pointy end or back of the bus all seats are not created equal ! When your making you're booking either on line or thru your travel agent you want to make sure you get the most comfortable seat possible. And its a jungle out there so don't leave it to haggling at the last minute at the check in counter.
We have found an excellent on line service called Seat Guru. Here's how it works. When you have made your booking or even if you are researching your booking you will be told on your itinerary what type of aircraft will be servicing this route. Now go onto Seat Guru. Choose the airline, choose the aircraft and voila you will get a snapshot of the hot seats and the worst seats ! I use it all the time and its one of my little 'must have' travel tools.
One thing that you can not pre book and what I regard as the premium seats are 'Emergency Exit' seats. The reason you cant pre book these is because the agents at check in need to be able to ascertain that your fit enough to help evacuate the plane from these seats. So don't say " I need that seat because I have a stuffed leg or a I have heart problems "....... If your tall like I am the you can say " Well you know any chance of an emergency exit seat for my long legs...". Trick here is to get out to the airport early on check in before everybody else asks for these seats.
Another trap to avoid is the seats in the middle of an aircraft on a wide body jet that are next to the bulk heads or walls. These are the pits. You cant stretch out your legs and normally that's where the babies cots are. So unless you want to end up in the air for 12 hours with no leg room and a screaming baby get out of here ! I would generally want to stay at least five rows away from bulk head seats for the same reason - crying babies. If yo have any other seating secrets we would love to hear from you.
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