we will be flying with virgin (flight no. VS602)from Johannesburg to London on an Airbus A34-600 (seating configuration 2 on their website) as far as I can tell. We are trying to work out the best two seats for legspace and privacy.
2007-01-11 22:49:36 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Air Travel
If you can get an exit row, they have more leg space. Just be careful to get the row that reclines. Bulkhead seats, they are the first row, have a lot of leg room, but you cant put your things under the seat in front of you and you have a bit more foot traffic. There is a great web site, www.seatguru.com, that rates individual seats on a flight and gives pros and cons for each area of the plane.
Have a great trip!
2007-01-11 22:59:09 · answer #1 · answered by sngcanary 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the other guys so far as to the exit rows and bulkhead seats being the ones with the most legroom, however there is a little snag with recommending these rows to you:
Airlines dont usually release these seats until the day of departure, and Virgin will be no different!
The reason for this is
- The Bulkheads are blocked for families travelling with small children, disabled passengers travelling with service animals or other passengers with physical challenges, even if its just a cast on their leg...
- To sit in the exit row you have to be physically fit and be willing and able to follow instructions given by the Cabin Crew in case of an emergency both physically and mentally. They will not assign those seats to people they cant actually see in front of them to check if they really meet these requirements - or you have to be a Top Tier member of their frequent flyer program.
For the Airbus 346 it should be nice to have a window seat and the aisle seat next to it, a little towards the back of the plane, but not all the way, or you will spend your time on board with people standing next to you all the time waiting for one of the lavatories to become available....
2007-01-12 08:33:21 · answer #2 · answered by kiara_niniel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.seatguru.com -- looks like 31A,C,H,K and 51A,C,H,K have best legroom. Row 31 is a bulkhead, and those are usually commandeered for families with small children, plus this row is near the lavatories. Row 51 is an exit row, which means children can not legally sit in those seats, and based on Seatguru's maps, looks like they're a little further back from the lavs. I'd probably choose 51A&C or 51H&K. However, since rows 31 and 51 don't have seats directly in front of them, keep in mind that entertainment screens likely fold up from the armrests, meaning you can't put up the armrest between seats, and this usually also means slightly decreased seat width.
2007-01-12 07:56:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What I usually do is ask at check in if they have any seats left with a little more leg room. They usually accomodate you, you just have to have the guts to ask.
Exit seats have the leg room but they tend to be narrower seats and you often have problems with the screens which come out from under your seat and get in the way because there is no headrest in front of you. You get NO privacy there either because people tend to stretch their legs in that space.
Avoid seats at the back because they don't recline!!! They have extra room for your legs so if you ask for 'leg room' they put you there, but the seats do not recline at all and its horrible.
2007-01-12 00:10:55 · answer #4 · answered by jaynic72 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually it would be the exit seats, however, with no seat in front the width of the seats are narrower. Fat bums not recommended.
Usually look at the back end of a plane. They tend to have more space. Probably because it's near the loo.
2007-01-11 22:58:14 · answer #5 · answered by Des does it for the ladies 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, I don't know... I've only travelled Upper Class with Virgin
2007-01-11 23:00:25 · answer #6 · answered by Andrew H 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋