Extra Legroom Seats Help

photome

Mikee_SFC wrote: »

I have booked to go to New York through British Airways. I am 6ft 5inch so i require extra legroom seats. When i go to book my seats, they are going to charge me £60 extra!!


I find this abit unfair, so does anyone know how i could get this cheaper or even free?


Thank you :money:

fly Virgin and pay £80 upstairs or £45 ish downstairs, very few if any will give extra legroom seats away unless you have status.

KLM will still let you choose a normal economy seat as soon as you have booked for free, most wont even do that any more

PeacefulWaters

Book Premium Economy next time.

Gloomendoom

photome wrote: »

should overweight people get a free seat next to them, where does it end

Overweight is a choice, overheight isn't.

PeacefulWaters

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Overweight is a choice, overheight isn't.

Weight isn't always a choice, but that's another story.

It is what it is. The airlines advertise their average pitch up front and they offer more leg room or posher seats to those prepared to pay.

The OP presumably wouldn't moan about struggling to drive a cheap Fiat 500 and having to pay extra for a bigger car ...

dickydonkin

Caz3121 wrote: »

If you are a BA Gold card holder you can select for free
If you have no BA status then you need to pay the same as everyone else (the only free assignment without status is in First)[/QUOTE

I was under the impression that flying in any cabin on BA with a fully flex ticket allowed free seat selection prior to OLCI.

I stand to be corrected of course.

malkie76

You are correct. As will buying your ticket through certain travel agents.
Not sure if that permits selection of long haul exit rows though.

Gloomendoom

PeacefulWaters wrote: »

The OP presumably wouldn't moan about struggling to drive a cheap Fiat 500 and having to pay extra for a bigger car ...

The funny thing is that small cars do not always equate to discomfort for tall drivers. I owned a succession of Metros and found them very comfortable.

When travelling by air, I don't think that it is unreasonable for a tall person to expect the same level of comfort as somebody of shorter stature when both are paying the same price.

However, I must admit that I just pay the money on planes. As my mum has always said "Life isn't fair".

malkie76

'Extra legroom' seats only exist due to how airplanes are built, and regulatory requirements for space at exits. It's not actually deliberate to satisfy the needs of customers. Hence you pay a price and you get a seat.

If you want more personal space then pay for a different product. AA (I think) offer a 'main cabin select' product which isn't a different booking class as such - just an economy seat with more pitch. Delta do too maybe ?

Otherwise be prepared to stump up for premium economy or above if legroom is something you value.

I'm 6foot4, and will select exit rows on domestic at time of booking, and will pay for business or first long haul because I personally value the comfort.

You cannot expect something extra for free.

Caz3121

malkie76 wrote: »

AA (I think) offer a 'main cabin select' product which isn't a different booking class as such - just an economy seat with more pitch.

AA charge for MCE seats unless you hold status (and after traveling in MCE on a recent flight from LA to Hawaii there did not appear to be a noticeable difference apart from being further forward - glad I did not have to pay for them!)

Gloomendoom

malkie76 wrote: »

'Extra legroom' seats only exist due to how airplanes are built, and regulatory requirements for space at exits. It's not actually deliberate to satisfy the needs of customers. Hence you pay a price and you get a seat.

I take it that you have never flown with Monarch where the first 9 rows all have 6" extra legroom? Presumably, to satisfy the needs of customers and not regulatory requirements.

That is just one example. I have flown with other airlines that have a similar seat layout.