Front or best seat

[Bronco59]

I am travelling QF11 Syd-LAX-Denver on Tuesday the 30th sept. It arrives at 9.45am and my connecting flight is American at 12.45. Seeing as 3 hours seems to be the minimum safety time would I be better off trying for a seat as close to the front as I can so I am off quick or do I look for one of the better seats which may be towards the back. I am ticketed through on QF. I am a y passenger with no ff.

 

[JessicaTam]

I am travelling QF11 Syd-LAX-Denver on Tuesday the 30th sept. It arrives at 9.45am and my connecting flight is American at 12.45. Seeing as 3 hours seems to be the minimum safety time would I be better off trying for a seat as close to the front as I can so I am off quick or do I look for one of the better seats which may be towards the back. I am ticketed through on QF. I am a y passenger with no ff.

I would think the difference in time to deplane from front or back would be only a few minutes, so better to go for the seat that is more comfortable for you.

 

[Moody]

You are probably going to be OK, but the ultimate difference between scooting off from the front of the pack and sauntering along at the rear can be upwards of 30 minutes of your connection time.

Personally I would take a middle seat if I could gain 20 rows into LAX

 

[legroom]

A compromise would be either 48C or an upper deck Y seat, preferably 35JK.

48C would be one of the first to leave and UD pax would leave just behind J and PE pax (AFAIK).

I got to use the new gate at SYD recently from UD Y and that advantage is lost as I saw hundreds of LD pax on exiting the plane. Not sure what LAX is doing now with its gates as my last few trips there had been in J.

Power walk to immigration is the key.

No toilet stop, do that before landing will save you lots of time on the ground.

Go further looking for a shorter queue. Most will stop at the first 2-3 queues.