How can I get larger seats in airplanes without paying extra?

Question

I am 1 meter and 96 centimeters tall. So when I take an airplane it is very uncomfortable to sit in economy class. I know that when people are taller than 2 meters they have to be given a 1st class seat but how can I get one with my height?
Please help me, the planes are killing my knees!

Answer 1

become a member of their frequent flyers club--sometimes that will allow you to choose exit seats ahead of time, also check in at home online---that way you have first dibs (though not all airlines allow exit rows to be checked in at home)--if all else fails, be at least 2 hrs early for your flight and try at the airport.

Answer 2

When I book my flights, I ask the agent to reserve a seat in the emergency exit aisle. Some airlines cannot reserve those seats, and for them I arrive at the airport long before anyone else for the same flight. When I check my luggage, I have the agent move my seat to the exit row. Bulkhead seating on some aircraft offers a bit of extra legroom as well. Even if the bulkhead seating does not offer more legroom, if you get the aisle seat, you can usually stretch out a little further than usual. You must keep moving your feet to allow for flight attendants and other passengers to pass by without tripping.

Happy travels!

Will D
Enterprise AL
http://www.notagz.com

Answer 3

Two ways that I know of -
1) Ask for an exit row
2) Ask for a bulkhead row

Sometimes they don't give these out until just prior to takeoff.

But be careful! This is the rule on most planes, that these rows have more leg room. But on a few planes, these rows actually have LESS leg room! So check with the airline after or while you book your ticket about that particular aircraft.

Answer 4

I feel for you, I am also tall (6ft) which is tall for a female. They used to give me bulk head & emergency exit row for leg room but now I hear they charge an extra $36 for those seats. I just took a flight and this gentleman put his seat back and I kid you not, he was in my lap. I was reading the newspaper and because he was in my lap, the paper kept hitting him in the head. He got angry with me and I said "geez what do you expect, you're in my lap. If you put ur seat up a little maybe that would help." His response was "you need to control your newspaper." I've had this problem my whole life, I've learned to adapt myself into the human pretzel. I do feel for you :)

Answer 5

That is definitely a problem.
Without paying extra, ask to sit it the first row of the economy class. Their are no seats in front and room to spread your legs.
Good luck!

Answer 6

I feel sorry for you - I am only 1.85 but I find many seats too small (bad for knees!)

The obvious answers are to pay for business class; join premier mileage clubs & upgrade; etc. Some airlines (e.g. United) offer better economy seats for frequent flier members.

Take a look at these websites - it might influence your choices:

http://www.airlinequality.com/Product/seat_intro.htm
http://www.smarttravelasia.com/economy.htm

Answer 7

There actual seem many critiques in this situation - all per how plenty area those individuals, alongside with me, take through fact we are fat, obese and obese. I conflict with the dimensions of the seats. at an identical time as i'm no longer as super as you yet, i could want to be your length so I do plan for this. precise now, i attempt to fly top notch once I can. Flying Midwest is likewise a solid concept through their seat configuration. in case you check out my Yahoo 360 you will see a tale a pair of flight a took the place the airline truly placed 3 individuals (from 350 to 500 plus) in one row. i do no longer think of airways would desire to make you purchase a 2nd seat as that's discriminatory. because airways expenses are based customarily on the burden of the airplane, i could help a fare shape by weight if that still accomodated seat sizes. i think of the genuine answer is to place the equivalent of a constrained form of wider seats in economic gadget and shop them for those of who're obese and reserve their use for obese human beings. If no longer used, they could be provided to the airways time-honored flyers. top notch won't continuously artwork. specific the seats are wider yet even at my 380 plus pounds, the seats are nonetheless too small and the arm rests are inflexible. Airlnes supply attention to handicapped, to little little ones and others; why no longer additionally supply it to those that are obese, particularly people who're very obese. by the way, those comparable obese definitely everyone seems to be in lots of cases time-honored travelers who spend plenty with the airlnes.

Answer 8

Check out: www.seatguru.com. It has the seating chart for many of the major airlines. They have color coded the best (and worst) seats on each of the plane models in their fleet.

Answer 9

Try requesting the emergency row, as they have extra leg room built in, its even poss for there to be no row of seats infront of them. other then that you might be sol, you might also try the seats in the front row of economy class. One bad thing about emergency seats is that they don't recline.

Answer 10

Wear lifts to make you 4 centimeters taller