Sunday, April 22, 2012

Nifty Travel Tool: SeatGuru

You’re booking a trip and you get to seat selection. Which seat is best? Or, let’s be honest, is least bad? Is it worth paying $15 for the “Preferred Plus” seat?

http://seatguru.com has the answer. It turns out, there are a lot of things that can make a seat good or bad, and SeatGuru considers them all:

  • legroom (more is better)
  • in-seat power (and whether it’s normal AC or cigarette lighter DC)
  • closer to front of plane (first to deplane)
  • exit row (more legroom, but tray tables in armrests make them narrower and some don’t recline)
  • proximity to galley and/or lavatory (flight attendants and passengers gather noisily)
  • in-flight entertainment hardware that takes up space under the seat in front of you
  • air-conditioning vents that can’t be adjusted over one seat on the airplane (why?)
  • seat likely to be bumped by food cart
  • extra storage space for window seats

You’ve certainly considered some of these. But do your future self a favor: don’t get stuck in a surprisingly bad seat.

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