Exit Seat allocation

[munitalP]

I don't know - my wife seems to make up for a few with the spending and the arguing but not the extra-cirricular activities!:!:

LOL!! She must be a relation to mine....




Mr!

 

[NYCguy]

Well done NYCguy - so do lots of us, we also own big homes, drive German convertibles, wear 5K watches and have beautiful wives - we just don't promote the fact to those who don't or can't... go figure...

The point I made was in response to being asked to imagine how much money I could save by flying Y. I merely made the point that saving money flying Y is not something I need to concern myself with. If I did fly in Y, I would consider it a good investment to pre-purchase seats with extra leg-room, because I am 6'3.

And by the way, I hate convertibles. I'm more of a coupé man.

 

[Flashback]

Well done NYCguy - so do lots of us, we also own big homes, drive German convertibles, wear 5K watches and have beautiful wives - we just don't promote the fact to those who don't or can't... go figure...

My watch is only 3k, damn cheap Tag Heuer cough eh! Guess I'm not up there with the best of ya's!

 

[Travel Guru]

I don't see what the issue with NYCGuy's comments are, I didn't see it as rubbing it in anyone's face...one person was summing it up based on an either or, and NYC Guy was pointing out that some people don't have to either or.

I say good luck too him, i'm sure he's worked his butt off to get to where he is...enjoy First NYCGUY, while im slumming it back in J!! :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:...I too would only fly Y if my life depended on it!

TG

 

[JohnK]

I too would only fly Y if my life depended on it!

OK, was there a need to rub it in? :shock:

 

[Travel Guru]

OK, was there a need to rub it in? :shock:

:mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen: All of life is a choice JohnK...

TG

 

[Harpoon]

Exit rows should always be considered a bonus, and nothing else. If you start expecting it, you'll only end up disappointed.

I'm 6'3 which is right on the border line for fitting in to a standard Y seat I find. I don't mind missing out on the exit row as long as I can see somebody as tall or taller than me sitting there. I really get annoyed when theres a short person sitting there with all that unnecessary legroom while mine and other tall peoples knees are in our ears.

Such is the life of the tall traveler

 

[Travel Guru]

Exit rows should always be considered a bonus, and nothing else. If you start expecting it, you'll only end up disappointed.

I'm 6'3 which is right on the border line for fitting in to a standard Y seat I find. I don't mind missing out on the exit row as long as I can see somebody as tall or taller than me sitting there. I really get annoyed when theres a short person sitting there with all that unnecessary legroom while mine and other tall peoples knees are in our ears.

Such is the life of the tall traveler

While I can sympathise with you having to fly in Y at 6ft3, I have to disagree with your comment, in so much as I can't see how someone tall is any more deserving or entitled to sit in the exit row than anyone else.

I dont fly Y anymore (thankgod), but I feel like at 5ft10, I was just as entitled, and still found normal seats uncomfortable long haul as anyone else.

I think the current system of allowing high tier f/flyers first access is fair enough, and is a more deserving of the seat irrespective of height than distributing it solely based on who is tallest.

Giving out a seat to someone just because they are tall is about as fair as giving out upgrades to J to those who are fattest and least comfortable in the Y seat.

TG

 

[Harpoon]

While I can sympathise with you having to fly in Y at 6ft3, I have to disagree with your comment, in so much as I can't see how someone tall is any more deserving or entitled to sit in the exit row than anyone else.

I dont fly Y anymore (thankgod), but I feel like at 5ft10, I was just as entitled, and still found normal seats uncomfortable long haul as anyone else.

I think the current system of allowing high tier f/flyers first access is fair enough, and is a more deserving of the seat irrespective of height than distributing it solely based on who is tallest.

Giving out a seat to someone just because they are tall is about as fair as giving out upgrades to J to those who are fattest and least comfortable in the Y seat.

TG

Fair call. It depends how you look at it. From an equality point of view, you're damn right. And Y seats are generally uncomfortable no matter where you sit for all body sizes and shapes.

Though I would argue that quite simply, a tall person gets a larger benefit than a shorter person from an exit row. That's how I would justify it, and I gather that how airlines justify it too, since they do tend to sight tall people on checkin for the exits.

 

[QF WP]

Seems a lot is us here have the same genes - I'm also 6'3". Yes, I too like travelling in the exit rows or in the first row of whY (where there is no fixed bulkhead to the J cabin). Alas, whilst the latter used to be standard (when I was Plat, I was regularly in the first row of whY), I now have to concern myself with the former.

I told myself at 30 that I wanted to fly J, but had to be able to afford it. After a cancer scare at 33, I blew a lot on a F RTW (with Concorde flight) as it was one of my life goals and was bitten by the premium cabin experience. Alas, subsequently I got married and now with a 15 month old child, I carefully consider which flights are value to fly in J. Sure, at 40, now I'm in a very good financial position (as I should be, given my job); but my J flights have been limited (because of my lack of overseas travel) to two flights - SYD/AKL on LA and AKL/BNE on QF. I don't consider the cost of domestic Aust flights to be particularly good value (even though I always travel in K class and the uplift to J isn't that great).

I have watched my uncle fly J and now (in retirement) F cabins during his last 20 years of working life - he explained his reasoning to me back then. I applauded him for his position and he can certainly afford it. Comparably, his twin brother (my father) up until last year (at the age of 75) travelled whY. After a medical incident in SJC (where I had to use my AA and QF points to upgrade him SJC AA MIA AA LAX QD SYD), I told him that he was forbidden to fly whY long haul ever again. Now he and my mum are in the middle of their first trip, flying J, to USA & Canada (and they commented how much better they felt when arriving in YVR after their BNE/AKL/YVR flights). They are in a similarly good financial position - heck, if they don't spent it on travel whilst they are alive, I have told them that I will when they're gone.