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    I’m an air travel expert — here’s why I always book the worst seat in coach as a passenger

    By Alex Mitchell,

    2024-09-10

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    This airplane hack will take you to new heights.

    A travel influencer shockingly explained why he gladly takes what’s considered by many to be the worst seat on a plane — the back row, window seat as it’s typically the last to board and is downwind of the often ferocious lavatory .

    John Burfitt prefers the controversial location ever since enduring a flight in economy where the passenger behind him had been kicking his seat without mercy, he wrote for escape.com.au .

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    Here’s the shocking reason why a passenger prefers what is typically considered the worst seat on a plane. Konstiantyn Zapylaie – stock.adobe.com

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    One savvy passenger professes to prefer what many others might consider the worst seat on the plane. daryakomarova – stock.adobe.com

    The last row, which sits only in front of a walled area, could never cause such a problem, he boasted.

    “In that instant, I decided the back row would be the only place I would sit on a long flight from now on,” Burfitt wrote.

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    The last row is also next to the bathroom on a plane typically. valeri – stock.adobe.com

    “Sure enough, on my next flight, I booked into the back row of the cabin and, even better, my seat was the one right next to the window. As I nestled into that corner, I discovered what true airline love is about.”

    He also bragged that such a seat never has to worry about getting clunked into by the beverage cart, plus the wall can support a sleepy and dozing head as well. And you get some measure of distance from the rest of the coach cabin without having to spend money on an upper class ticket .

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    Then again, taking the seat in stride could garner flight crew sympathy and a free upgrade .

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    The back-row window seat also avoids getting knocked around by the beverage cart. Viacheslav Yakobchuk – stock.adobe.com

    “I had just found the best seat on the plane,” he bragged.

    “I’m always astounded when other travelers call my favorite seat the worst seat on the plane, with a long list of whines. ‘But the back row has no recline?’ they cry. As a matter of fact, on most of [the] airlines I have flown, they do indeed recline.”

    As for the bathroom situation, Burfitt says it’s nothing noise-canceling headphones won’t cure.

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    Fogleg Horndog
    09-11
    I try to sit close to the flight data recorder.
    Ludovic Montgomery
    09-11
    Airlines should stop installing reclining seats. They cause a lot of unnecessary friction among travelers.
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