As a "BiG" person, I sympathise with smaller people who fit into the "normal" range BMI.
BUT even I have my horror story.
I flew from AKL - BNE on Virgin (before I discovered AFF) on BFOD (as Mrs GPH was wont to do).
this was my final straw flight BTW , but more about that later.
I was seated in Y next to a VERY BIG Pacific Island woman, who not only overflowed into my space forcing me to lean into the aisle, BUT had some kind of cold or flu, and sniffed, coughed and spluttered the whole way across.
after this flight I decided I had had enough. my previous flights had been awful for a number of reasons , Garuda, and VA (Or Virgin Blue as it was then) were either delayed by a few (4) hours, full of the "Typical" LCC carrier type of bargain hunting pax, for whom the trip is akin to a bus ride.
Enough !! I exclaimed, I will only fly Qantas from here on in.
then of course I discovered status, and of course "J".
the irony was that in spite of already being a LT QP member Mrs GPH still insisted on booking me seats BFOD , which in hind sight saved me very little in the overall scheme of things.
so thankyou everyone here, I now have a far more enjoyable experience when trvelling