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For a comfortable and excellent flight, you need to know where the best places in airplane. Our team has done some research on this issue.

Porthole, middle or place near the aisle?
As it turned out, 75% of people prefer to sit by the window. What are the pros and cons of window seating?

Pros:
If you plan to sleep, or, say, read, which will require lighting, then a chair by the window is the most suitable option.
No one will bother you, and also, during the daytime, outside the window you can watch simply gorgeous landscapes from the clouds. True, it depends on the flight time, at night, it is unlikely that you will be able to see anything.

Minuses:
It is more difficult to leave such a place, for example, to the toilet. You'll have to disturb your neighbors. For those who do not like to disturb the neighbors, it would be appropriate to choose aisle seat.

Pros:
It is extremely convenient in that you can stretch your legs into the aisle, get up freely, go to the toilet, and also get to the exit a little earlier after the plane has landed.

Minuses:
Flight attendants with carts and people will pass near you. They can hurt sometimes. Also, you will have to get up whenever the neighbors want to get up from their chair. This is a more hectic place.

Perhaps the most unpopular middle places- there is a chance of being pressed by fellow travelers on both sides. The only plus may be for a person who is afraid to fly on an airplane. Being between other passengers can calm him down.

Nose, tail or places next to the wings?

Bow of the saloon
According to statistics, 47% are arranged in front of the aircraft cabin. The upside is that you get off the plane faster. To the pluses, one can add the fact that during breakfast, lunch or dinner, those who are in front are served first, while those behind have to wait longer for their portion.
If your row is the first, then a significant advantage of this arrangement is that no one will recline the back of their seat on you. Of the minuses, we note that most likely there will be a partition or a kitchen / toilet in front of you. It is not very convenient for some passengers to look at the “wall” for the entire flight. Usually, passengers with children prefer to sit in the first rows, as there are fastenings for baby cradles in the wall.

At the back of the saloon
The biggest advantage of this place is its relative safety.
According to American statistics, of all the passengers who survived the accident, 67% were sitting in the tail;
Another advantage of the tail section is that if the flight is not fully loaded, there is a high probability that there will be empty seats in the tail section of the aircraft. Therefore, in some cases, you will be able to sit more spaciously;

Seats next to airplane wings
First of all, I would like to note the main advantage of this place - the least shaking during turbulence. Positioning next to the wings allows you to sit on the most stable structure, so the seats are better for those suffering from seasickness or shaking sensitivity.

And yet, when boarding a plane, if you find that the seat is completely uncomfortable, then after all the passengers have taken their seats, you can transfer to a more convenient free seat or ask the flight attendant about the availability of other seats. After the `boarding completed` announcement, there are usually a few more minutes to transfer. The option to change seats is possible only when the aircraft is not fully loaded.

Tips from Santufei:

• Choose a seat at the emergency exit, you will have enough space to stretch your legs and there is no seat in front, and passengers with children are not placed at the emergency exit. (row 11 on Airbus A320 232)
• No less comfortable are the seats of the first row or the row following the business class, but they are usually occupied by passengers with children. (row 5 Airbus A320 232)
• Avoid the last row and the row before the emergency exit, as a rule, these seats do not recline. Chairs in front of the toilets will also not provide the opportunity to recline the chair. Plus, a box for hand luggage in these places is usually absent or occupied by blankets, appliances or other items.
• If you are flying together and want more space, choose the last rows and aisle and window seats, the remaining seat in the middle will most likely remain unoccupied with a low board load. Even if it is occupied, you can easily change.

The flight, whether long or short, is tiring in and of itself, and even harmful. Therefore, if there is an opportunity to create at least some additional comfort for yourself, you should use it. And one of those important nuances- choosing the best seat on the plane.

To begin with, you need to realize that perfect place in an airplane simply does not exist. You need to choose it individually for yourself, based on your needs, which I will talk about in this article now. So, for example, I like to sit near the engine at the window, where, in fact, the most noisy place, dangerous and the view is blocked by half of the wing. But this is due to my first flight and habit. Therefore, let's look at the root of the problem: how to choose a seat on an airplane based on your personal needs?

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Aircraft seat classes

So, if you start like this, roughly divide all the seats on the plane, then initially they can be divided into economy class, business class and first class seats.

• Economy class seats are the cheapest class of seats on the plane, which is mainly used by travelers (although, what is there, the President of Lithuania also flies in economy class and nothing). This is the base rate. As a rule, these are three rows of seats (two rows for narrow-body aircraft), three seats for each row. Legroom is minimal. Comfort is about the same as in a minibus: nothing more, you are simply delivered from point A to point B.
• Business class seats are seats that are curtained off from economy class. There's a little more legroom, plus — fewer seats(2 chairs per row). In addition, the ticket price includes à la carte meals and free alcoholic drinks. However, at the same time, prices are about 5 times higher than economy class, and you won’t notice much difference, especially on flights of a couple of hours. If it comes to that, then food can be purchased separately and in economy class, the difference will be only 10 - 20 bucks.
• First class seats are an alternative to business class on intercontinental flights. Prices are 10 times higher than business class. For this, you will be able to check in faster, get a high class of service and chic seats (for example, on some planes, the chair folds out into a sofa, that is, full-fledged lying places! Is it worth it? Here everyone thinks for himself, but this is clearly not a topic for our blog, we are discussing here how to travel cheaply and beautifully 🙂

Therefore, most likely for budget tourist, the choice is economy class, except when it is free promotion class of service as a bonus, like, .

Selecting a seat on the plane

So, as I said, the best places - they are individual. And you have to decide on one. Often these questions are asked before their first flight. I also shoveled then the entire Internet for information about which place to choose. Then, over time, you will find your ideal option, where you will feel comfortable, and will, in the future, try to take a seat on the plane for yourself. In the meantime, we will analyze the most frequent needs when choosing places.

The safest places on a plane

In general, the concept of safe or dangerous places in the plane is quite blurry. Which side to look at. After all, you need to understand that there is no chance to survive in a fallen plane from a height, no matter where the passenger is sitting. But the largest number accidents often occur during takeoff / landing, as a result of errors by pilots or airport employees, due to poor coverage and condition runway or other factors. In this case, you can be saved. But again, how can you tell which is safer? After all, a plane can crash its nose into a fence, or it can hook trees with its tail. The engine may explode, or the chassis may lock up.

I am not telling you this to scare you. And just to show that there is no safest place. However, you can choose a seat near the emergency exit. It is, in most cases, still safer. But the main thing is still your psychological conviction that there is the safest place on the plane. You can find out which seat will be near the emergency exit in a particular aircraft from the seat layout diagrams, which we will discuss below.

The most comfortable seats on the plane

the best and comfortable places usually count the seats in the front row. There will be no other passengers in front of you, which means that you can comfortably stretch your legs, from which they will become less numb. Especially true for people with my height (which is 189 centimeters). Although, to be honest, you don’t suffer much in two hours in the middle rows. In addition, in this part the plane does not shake as much when it enters the turbulence zone and is closer to the flight attendants. But the toilet is far enough to go. And be prepared for the fact that there will be babies and small children nearby, because such places are usually intended for them. Not everyone will be happy with such a neighborhood.

Seats for children and babies on airplanes

Children must either fly with a seat belt attached to their parents (infants) or in a separate seat (children over a certain age, depending on the rules of the airline). Special places for such passengers is not provided, especially, often, babies are generally carried free of charge. On the other hand, it is recommended to buy the very first row. There more space, sometimes found special places for formula feeding your children. In addition, there they will interfere with fewer people, while they will not recline the back of the seat in front of the person sitting.

Seats at the tail of the aircraft

Since when falling from high altitude, the plane falls nose first, then the clearances capture the tail section the least. This was the reason for the placement of the "black box" in the tail section of the aircraft, and this also led to the opinion that here the most safe places. As I said, this is more of a psychology of self-hypnosis, but there are pluses here too: as a rule, on not very popular flights, there are much fewer passengers that will interfere with you. The same applies to passengers with children - they, as a rule, you will not meet here, unless it is a charter somewhere to places of mass Russian tourism in high season.

Sleeping places on the plane

Sleeping places are found in first class on flights of companies such as, for example, Emirates on long flights. I did not meet, and saw only in the pictures, and photos of other travelers. Somehow, not even interesting.

Standing places on the plane

Fiction, replicated by the yellow press 😉 Naturally, safety standards prohibit such nonsense, and it has no basis. But the yellow press needs some kind of PR, as well as unsuccessful Internet projects, therefore, from time to time they give out such pearls that, allegedly, there will soon be standing places.

Bad seats on the plane

In my opinion, the worst seats are in the tail near the toilet, right above the wing, from where nothing can be seen, and of course the seats in the row in front of the emergency exit, where the seats do not recline.

Location (diagrams) of seats on the plane

And now, it seems, you have already decided where and what place you want. But before you start choosing a seat online or at the front desk (if you get there one of the first, as a rule, they don’t mind giving you good seats. So, in Sarajevo, where there was no online check-in, they gave me perfect place, and even closed the registration for a seat nearby, so I flew like a king =)), you need to find out what seat, number and row you need. For this, there are schemes of aircraft of various models.

As a rule, the location of the seat in aircraft different airlines they do not differ. that is, the seating arrangements of Transaero and Aeroflot on the same aircraft models will be the same, unless it is an individual order of the company (as, for example, with berths).

Where to find out how the seats are located on the plane

There is such a wonderful service called Seat Guru. It contains diagrams of a huge number of aircraft on different flights with passenger reviews. The downside is that I didn’t find some large low-cost companies in the database. But you can find diagrams of other airlines for the same aircraft model. The difference will only be in the reviews. But which places are near the partition, which ones are near the porthole, where the wings will block your view - you will know this quite accurately.

For example, below is a diagram of the Airbus 320 from Aeroflot:

And here is the layout of the Boeing 777 and Boeing 737 seats.

Very soon you will find out which places are right for you, and if possible, you will book them. Unfortunately, on some low-cost companies, like WizzAir, you cannot choose a seat in advance, so be prepared to fly in any seat.

Based on my experience, I can give the following advice:

• Try to choose and reserve seats on the airline's website yourself. On my blog there are instructions for some of them, for example:.
• If you don't have a seat reserved, then try to be among the first at the check-in desk and ask: to give you a good seat and, if the flight is not popular, to leave the neighbor's seat empty. As a rule, the same people work at check-in, just like you, who understand that you want to fly in comfort. Therefore, such requests, said with a sweet smile and the right degree of warmth in your voice, as a rule, guarantee you a good place.
• When flying in low-cost companies where seats are not reserved for free, never climb ahead of the crowd. Firstly, because you will be taken to the plane by bus, where, if you go down last, you will also be the last to enter, which means you will be the first to go out, and you will not be pressed against the back wall. Secondly, if there are a lot of people on the flight, you can go last.
• And again, low cost. If you see that a full house is planned for the flight, stand on the field to the last, until you are driven into the plane. Your task is to go last. The reason is simple: companies often sell a little more seats than available, as about 90% of passengers are on the flight. Someone’s plans change, another’s trip is disrupted, and the third one will be late… The calculation is simple: if there aren’t enough seats, then those who didn’t have enough will go… or in places of increased comfort (like WizzAir with extra bed for legs), or even in business class.
• When flying on flights that are completely clogged with Russian tourists who do not shine with intellect, when sitting down, drop a few words in English. Very often I was asked to sit down to the emergency exit, so that in case emergency could respond to the command and open the exit. In this row, many low-cost airlines have a row of increased comfort with extra legroom. However, this applies mainly to physically strong men who, in extreme situation will not faint and will be able to open the hatch, help in the evacuation. Also note that in this row you can not put hand luggage under your feet, sometimes chairs do not recline.
• Choose the shady side. That is, so that the sun does not shine through the porthole. This will allow you to take pictures and just watch from the window what is happening below. Since 99% of flights are on the same route, with the help of my instructions on how to find out where, how and when you fly on an airplane, spending 5 minutes of your time, you will quickly find out where is the sunny side and where is the shady side will be located during your flight.

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Not everyone can afford to fly in business class and take up a little more space than a standard seat. Those who fly often know that the chance of landing with a large person or someone with different ideas about hygiene is very high. It is impossible to avoid this, but you can try to sit near the window or in the aisle, if it will be more comfortable for you to survive the hardships of the flight.

Russian Forbes gives practical advice on how not to miscalculate with a seat on an airplane.

1. Learn more about the model and seating arrangements on the aircraft

You can find out on which model of aircraft a particular flight is made on the airline's website. Aircraft of different airlines are quite different from each other in terms of cabin comfort. The sites SeatGuru, SeatExpert have all the details about the lineup of the most different aircraft: about the presence of electrical outlets and TVs in the backs of the seats, about the location of the toilets, about the spacing between the rows (usually it is 80 cm, but some companies, such as JetBlue, have increased it by 5 cm) - this seemingly small difference on long flights very much felt.

The first row behind the business class is considered the most convenient: there is more legroom, no one is sitting in front of you - which means that no one leans back on you, you will be the first to get food, drinks, newspapers, you will get blankets and pillows, for traveling with small children, it is possible to attach a cradle for babies to the wall and put a child seat. But even here there are drawbacks - because of the tables hidden in the armrests, it is impossible to raise these armrests and turn the chair into a sofa, or put a sleeping child on your lap. And if, for example, you are going to work or prepare for a business meeting on the way, it is hardly worth striving to sit in the front rows: neighborhood with children (and they are usually the most here) is unlikely to contribute to concentration.

Places at emergency exits also respected by experienced travelers: the row spacing here is 15 cm more than in the rest of the cabin, but depending on the layout of the cabin, the backs of the seats often do not fall (on long flights you will regret this) and you can not keep hand luggage on the floor. The rules prescribe to plant only tall adults in these places.

“Honestly, for obvious reasons, the first thing they look at at registration is that this person would be physically strong, energetic and, how should I put it, quick-witted,” says Boris Rybak, director of the consulting company Infomost. - When emergency he must open the door and help the crew evacuate the passengers.”

Although there are cases when even a fragile girl could convince an airline employee that she needed to fly in this particular row.

In the middle of the cabin, for a significant part of the flight, you find yourself “locked” in carts with food, drinks, newspapers, and duty-free goods. In addition, rows 8-20 are usually the noisiest zone in the aircraft, all the noise of engines and turbines is concentrated here. But there is no such information on the websites and schemes of salons, and help to find more quiet place only airline employees at check-in will be able to help you - different types of aircraft have different noise distribution schedules.

At the tail of the plane, the seats are a bit narrower (such is the geometry of the plane) - it’s closer to sit there, it shakes harder, a small selection of food, newspapers and magazines (according to the principle - what’s left), next to it is a toilet, which most often has a queue - which means noise. The only plus is tail places considered safer.

2. Book in advance

Advance booking allows you to choose your seats on the plane long before the flight. This is especially convenient for those who fly in large companies - it is difficult to expect that you can all be seated side by side. Company british airways introduced since October this year additional fee for booking: now for the opportunity to choose a convenient seat, economy class passengers will have to pay 10 pounds ($16) on European flights and 20 pounds ($32) on long flights, and 20 pounds ($32) and 60 pounds ($98) respectively for passengers business class. But most air carriers (with the exception of low-cost ones, which charge everything) still provide this service for free when buying tickets both on the Internet and at airline offices. But few people know about it - because for some reason neither the carriers themselves nor the agents particularly advertise it.

When booking a seat in advance, you can also order special food for yourself (which few people know about either) - all air carriers have different lunch options. Transaero, for example, offers a choice of about 30 different meals - vegetarian, kosher, Muslim, low-calorie, diabetic and others, plus 2 types of baby food.

3. Use online registration

You can also choose a seat convenient for you during online check-in, this procedure is becoming more and more popular - you can check in at the airport at special kiosks, and even on the airline's website. Thus, you save a lot of time (you can arrive at the airport at least 50 minutes before departure), however, there are a number of restrictions - you must travel without luggage, without small children, without animals. In general, this option is suitable for a businessman traveling light. In addition, some companies, such as Delta or Air Berlin, do not display seats near emergency exits (and they are considered good by travelers) in the online check-in system, holding them for tall and large passengers. The second point is that in Russia not all companies have online check-in counters, and so far only in Moscow - in Dodomedovo and Sheremetyevo-2.

In the near future - the creation of a single group boarding pass, which will allow you to get seats next to each other, for example, big family or a company of passengers - for this they will not have to be all at the airport at the same time, 1 person will be able to register the entire company: the data of several travelers at once will be stored on the chip of one ticket.

4. Arrive early for check-in

Do not neglect the simplest and proven way to get the desired seat in the cabin: do not be lazy and arrive at the beginning of registration. According to the director of the press service of Transaero airline Sergey Bykhal, "the airline's employees at check-in always try to accommodate passengers and take into account their wishes." For those traveling alone, this option is also possible: take a chance and play the lottery - arrive, on the contrary, at the very end of registration: if you are lucky, you can be given a seat in business class, and if you are not lucky, you will get a seat from which all other passengers already refused.

5. Choose Low Traffic Days to Fly

Experts recommend, if possible, to schedule flights on the days and hours of the least busy airports - these are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday. The busiest days are Friday and Sunday. The busiest flights are in the morning and in the evening. In the half-empty cabins of “weekday” flights, the flight attendants themselves will offer you to transfer to unoccupied rows - it’s quite possible to sleep on three chairs.

6. Try the "unofficial ways"

A few years ago, the practice of obtaining good places on board or access to business class for a bribe to airline employees (500 rubles invested in your passport can still open your way to a seat at the emergency exit, but we do not recommend this). American Forbes.com tells the story of a passenger who, on a flight from New York to Germany, was helped by a hundred-dollar bill to get into business class. True, on the way back with the German airline staff, the same trick did not work.

Pros:
They are characterized by the fact that the distance to the next row is slightly increased, which allows you to pass the flight time with great comfort - stretch your legs, stand up if necessary, without disturbing your neighbors. Some types of aircraft do not have a row of seats in front of the seats at the emergency exit / hatch.

Minuses:
Often, airlines, for security reasons, practice leaving these places for people who meet the requirements “a healthy mind in a healthy body” - it is assumed that in the event of an emergency evacuation, such a person will not be confused, will be able to open escape hatch and help the staff to get people out, but, of course, not all airlines undertake such a “planning”.

In this regard, passengers with children, animals and the elderly cannot be here.

Another of the minuses - the approach to the hatches cannot be blocked hand luggage.

Seats located in front of the cabin

In addition, the first row is a great opportunity to be one of the first to go down the ladder.

Whoever flew near a child who does not tolerate the flight well and cries all 7 or 12 hours, he knows.

Seats in the tail

The only, but significant plus of this place is its relative safety. According to statistics National Council for more than 30 years, the number of surviving passengers of air crashes, depending on where their seats were in the cabin, is as follows:

The highest percentage of surviving passengers was in the tail section of the cabin (behind the edge of the wing of the aircraft) - 69%, the section above the wing - 56% of survivors, as well as in the economy section in front of the wing. In the forward section of the cabin, where business class and first class are usually located, the average survival rate was 49%.

Since when falling from a high altitude, the aircraft falls nose first, the clearances capture the tail section the least. This was the reason for the placement of the "black box" in the tail section of the aircraft, and this also led to the opinion that here are the safest places.
In my opinion, this is more of a psychology of self-hypnosis (IMHO - to survive in a crashed plane from a height, there is no chance, wherever the passenger is sitting), but there are pluses here too: as a rule, on not very popular flights, there are much fewer passengers, that will bother you. The same applies to passengers with children - as a rule, you will not meet them here, unless it is a charter somewhere to places of mass Russian tourism during the high season.

But the largest number of accidents occur, often, during takeoff / landing, as a result of errors by pilots or airport employees, due to poor coverage and the condition of the runway or other factors. In this case, you can be saved. Think about where the plane will hit first when landing or taking off? It seems to me that most likely the nose, respectively, the main blow will fall on the front seats, which will slightly extinguish the impact force, then the blow will fall on the middle of the cabin and on the wings, from which fuel will flow out and ignite. The shock wave will reach the rear seats with the least power, which will allow passengers to survive.
Thus, the rear seats are the safest in the cabin, since the plane takes the main blow on the nose, but again it all depends on the situation.
central places in an aircraft, as a rule, are located above the wing or close to it, in which the aviation fuel, which, in the event of a plane crash, ignites. Therefore, the most dangerous places are seats in the middle of the aircraft cabin. If we compare the front seats and the middle ones in terms of safety, then the number of deaths in the front seats and in the middle ones is approximately equal.

From the point of view of the safe side - left or right, the statistics give equal chances, the probability of the lateral roll of the aircraft in one direction or another during landing is the same.

So, basically, write on the Internet. Honestly, it's hard for me to judge, but in my opinion, if you are primarily concerned about your safety, then it is better to choose a place near the emergency exit. This, in most cases, is still safer, although less convenient.
Imagine a situation that there was a plane crash, the plane was partially damaged, everyone is alive, but the plane started on fire and the cabin is filled with black poisonous smoke, inhaling which you can die. What will happen? That's right, most likely, panic, and now think about who will be the first to leave the plane? And the first to leave it is the one who sits in places closer to the emergency exits, which means that they will have more chances to escape.

For the same reason, people whose seats are closer to the aisle are in a better position during accidents
You can find out which seat will be near the emergency exit in a particular aircraft from the seating diagrams.

As far as safety is concerned, but as far as comfort is concerned...

It is believed that The most comfortable seat on the plane is the penultimate row, on the right side of the aisle. The fact is that it is at the end of the cabin that there is the highest probability of free / empty seats, and therefore it is quite realistic that you will get a lot of free space, sitting on three chairs at once: you can get free seats to the right and left of you, on which you can arrange not only your bags, but generally lie down and sleep

Why is it necessary to take seats on the right? Because the sale of air tickets is carried out strictly in rows (with the exception of those cases when the passenger himself asks for a certain seat), rows A, B, C come first, which are located on the left side, so the likelihood of a large number of people there is higher.

After them come the right rows, D, E, F, which are usually empty when the aircraft is not fully loaded (this is important !!!). Well, it is clear that if the download is complete, then all the above recommendations will be meaningless.

Safety is also an important advantage, because it is no secret to anyone that there is simply no more secure place than the tail of an aircraft. And the kitchen can be located close to these places (not always), and all your orders will be delivered as quickly as possible.

Why choose a seat near the aisle? In order for a smaller number of people to show a desire to settle down with you in the neighborhood. If you sit near the window, then nothing will prevent other passengers from sitting next to you, and then all the comfort will come to naught.

But when you sit at the aisle and place your bags on the next seat, then such a spectacle will be subconsciously perceived by other passengers as a barrier, so the number of people who want to be accommodated in the neighborhood will be minimal.

More the best option it will be right after landing to get a pillow and a blanket, and lie down to sleep on two or three chairs at once, in which case it is unlikely that anyone will disturb you so that you move away and let him sit down in the same row.

First row / Row in front of which there are no seats

Of the minuses, we note that most likely there will be a partition or a kitchen / toilet in front of you. It is not very convenient for some passengers to look at the “wall” for the entire flight. Also, there may be fastenings for cradles in the wall. What it is fraught with - read above.

Last row/Row with no seats

Most likely, the backs of the seats in this row do not recline or are very limited in this. This happens when there is an emergency exit, toilet, kitchen, other technical room or wall behind you.

Summarize

In addition to the fact that the seats are 2,3,4 in a row, it is necessary to take into account the distance between the seats, the number of classes in the cabin, and other features. After all, the same company uses for the flight different types aircraft.

1. The model of the liner, the smallest details of the comfort of the cabins (the presence of a TV, electrical outlets, the spacing between the rows, the location of the toilets) can be easily found on the airline's website.

2. If you specifically know what kind of seat you would like to get, you should ask this question when checking in for a flight at the airport (seats that are not occupied after online check-in are distributed there).

If you have no idea about the location of the seats, ask to see the layout of the cabin of the liner - all free seats will be highlighted in the appropriate color.

Also, when checking in at the airport, you can simply ask for seats "by the window", "by the aisle", etc. Usually the staff does not refuse.

3. In modern airport you can use the services of self-registration kiosks and choose your seat. Also, almost always this can be done when registering online on the website of the airline you have chosen - this will significantly save time.

This service is already provided by the largest Russian airlines.

The traditional way check-in is best done two hours before departure. If places are booked in this way, the first registrants have a wide choice of available places.

4. If possible, you should use less busy flights - in this case, the comfort of the flight will increase significantly, because you (if you wish) will even have the opportunity to sleep on three free seats, the main thing is not to forget to ask the stewardess to bring a pillow and a blanket.

Busiest days are Sunday and Friday with morning and evening flights. If you have time, choose to fly on Monday, Tuesday, or Thursday, noon or afternoon flights.

5. In order not to get into trouble, you should take into account the spelling of the letters indicating the number of the place - they can be either Russian (1A, 1B, 1C, 1G, 1D, 1E) or Latin (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E , 1F), and in certain situations, these are, as they say, two big differences, capable of overshadowing the impression of the flight.

After all, for example, place 1 "B" - will have different arrangement, meaning both an aisle chair and in the middle of a row. This must be taken into account in order not to get from place 1B (which you thought was at the aisle) to the place in the middle (as it turned out that this is not the Russian "B", but the Latin "Bi").
Also, be careful with the letter "E".

Therefore, it is better to choose seats with single-digit letters: 1A is always a window seat, 1C - in any cabin layout it will be an aisle seat.

Advice. If you fly often, then you know the main strain of everyone (who does not fly in business class;) is to sit in the middle seat in a row of three seats. Knowing and understanding this phobia, you can turn it to your advantage and less often have a neighbor next to you during the flight.

When you check-in, if you are flying alone, ask the staff to seat you in seats near the window and on the aisle. Nobody likes to sit in the middle and if the plane is not packed to capacity, then you will not have an unwanted neighbor. If you're flying alone, you can arrange this maneuver with another person you like who, like you, travels solo. Or just ask to be seated in the aisle where the window seat is full.

The only problem here is that with a clogged plane, you will be separated by a stranger. It remains only to agree with him so that he moves.

6. Be sure to take into account the direction of flight - with the right choice of place, the sun will not blind your eyes: East - West (the sun always shines on the left), West - East (on the right).

If there is a need to fly on a morning flight, the direction North - South will please the sun on the left side, and South - North - on the right.

How not to accidentally take the worst places

• Study the scheme of the liner on which you will fly, if possible
• Check with an airline representative if possible.
• Before the flight, decide what is more important for you - to look out the window or the ability to freely get up from your seat, for example, to the toilet
• Studying the interior scheme, select best places, guided by the same rules that we have given in this article
• Do not take places in the very tail, close to the toilets, galley and other technical rooms.
• Do not take seats in which the seats do not recline or are limited in this
• Do not take a seat between emergency exits or behind which it is located

If, nevertheless, you "got" on an uncomfortable chair

And it’s better not to be shy and change seats on your own, and not wait for the services of a flight attendant.

After the last person appears on board, and the stewardess announces “Boarding is over”, you have 5 minutes to take a comfortable free seat.

There is little time, because after the aircraft has reached the required speed, it will be strictly forbidden to rise from the passenger seat. Well, after climbing, it is likely that all the most comfortable seats on the plane will be occupied by faster and smarter passengers. Yes, and don't worry about it. You will always have time to sit in your rightful (according to the ticket) seat.

But still it is better to choose the maximum comfortable place immediately when buying an air ticket and checking in for a flight.

All of the above tips are also suitable for standard passenger, narrow-body aircraft like Airbus A-319 and 320, Boeing-737, SSJ-100, Yak-40, etc., and for wide-body airliners. In addition, there are many more options to take a comfortable passenger seat.

I hope that these simple tips will help you fly comfortably without unnecessary nervous stress.

Question "How to book seats in the cabin" many travelers are interested, because this opportunity provides an excellent chance to make their trip more comfortable. This is due to the fact that not all seats on airplanes meet the requirements that this or that air passenger imposes on them. Below are all the options that allow you to book exactly those seats in the cabin that, in your opinion, will provide the maximum level of comfort during the flight.

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Detailed information about what kind of seats there are on airplanes, about the advantages and disadvantages of such seats for various categories of passengers can be found on the page. Once you have determined, based on the available information, which option is most preferable to you, you can choose one of three options, each of which, with a high degree of probability, will allow you to book the seat on the plane that suits you the most.

Seat selection during check-in

The classic way of choosing a place, which before the advent of the opportunity was the only possible one. The bottom line is to arrive at the airport at the start of check-in for your flight in order to be one of the first to go to the counter and ask the airline employee (usually girls) for the seat you want to get. Sometimes the flight registrars themselves are interested in your preferences in this regard, but it’s better not to take risks and, without hesitation, immediately tell us about the places where you would like to sit during the flight. In most cases, your wishes will be fulfilled, and you will get the place you asked for without any problems. For example, next to the window in the front of the aircraft or at the aisle in the rear of the cabin.

The easiest way to book seats in the described way, provided that you are flying alone or as a couple. It is already more difficult for three or four people to choose places nearby, but it is possible: again, provided that they arrived at registration early, until all the best places have already been sorted out. If you are flying in pairs or threes, I advise you to approach the check-in desk all together and present all your passports at once (if you approach in turn, someone else may well take the seats on the plane next to the first passenger by booking it at another check-in desk or online).

As I already wrote, usually, if there are free seats, the airline employees at the check-in counter will meet the passengers and provide them with the desired seats, however, in order to increase the likelihood of a favorable outcome, I advise you to be polite and smile. In other words, try to win over with personal charm. But it’s better not to give a bribe, because now airlines often control their employees on this account, and lose a job because of an extra 500 rubles (that’s how much they usually put in a passport for booking right place) nobody wants.

A few years ago, it was the early check-in for the flight that I used most often and usually got the desired seat. However, due to the development of the system electronic registration And online shopping air tickets, there are ways that give a greater guarantee of getting your preferred seat in the cabin.

Booking a seat on an airplane when buying a ticket

In the case when you purchase a plane ticket on the official website of the airline, even before the moment of payment, you will be offered an aircraft diagram with vacant seats marked on it. Of course, the earlier you buy a ticket before departure, the convenient places there will be more, therefore, in a situation where there are several weeks left before the flight, there are often no designated empty seats at the porthole on the websites of airlines (the most interesting thing is that later, when choosing a seat at the check-in desk, they “appear”).

So, right on the website of the air carrier, you can choose seats for all segments of your trip at once. For example, when purchasing air tickets departing from Moscow on special offers from airlines from the Persian Gulf (Emirates, Etihad or Qatar), with the help of which it is often possible, you have the opportunity to pre-book seats on four aircraft at once. For example, Moscow-Dubai, Dubai-Bangkok, Bangkok-Dubai and Dubai-Moscow. Later, during the check-in process, just tell the airline employee (just in case) that you have already selected seats when buying tickets.

However, in addition to the advantages of this method, there are some disadvantages. For example, some airlines do not allow you to select emergency exit seats with more legroom during the ticket purchase process, preferring to give these seats to tall and well-supervised passengers only at the check-in counter. Therefore, if you want to book these particular seats in the cabin, you still have to apply to the check-in desk.

In addition, some airlines charge an additional fee for the possibility of choosing a seat on the airline's website. For example, British Airways rates a similar service from $16 to $32 for choosing a seat in economy class for medium and long haul flights, respectively. When choosing a seat in a business class, you will have to pay almost $100 at all (IMHO, an extra waste of money, because all seats in this class have increased comfort and are located only in front of the aircraft).

Increasingly, online flights the best prices you can buy not on the official websites of airlines, but with the help of a special service (the search form is located above) that searches 728 airlines at once, including low-cost airlines. As a result, in the process of buying air tickets, you have to deal with intermediaries - special agencies. As a rule, this does not increase the cost of the air ticket (and sometimes makes it cheaper), it just eliminates the possibility of choosing a seat on the plane on your own. best way out in such a situation - in the process of applying for a ticket on the agency's website, write in the notes about your requirements regarding the choice of seats or inform the agent about it by phone.

Reservation of seats on the plane during online check-in

All more people they do not use the classic check-in for a flight, which I wrote about above, but more convenient in some cases online check-in. To do this, you can use either special online check-in counters at the airport where you are flying from (pictured above), or you can check-in with a choice of a seat in the cabin directly on the airline's website. This opportunity usually appears a day before the departure of your aircraft or for a different period of time, depending on the policy of the airline you have chosen. For example, Etihad allows this procedure to be done 24 hours before departure and blocks this possibility two hours before the aircraft takes off according to the approved schedule.

On the one hand, the advantage of the latter method is obvious: there is no need to arrive at the airport several hours before departure and stand in line for check-in there. You can arrive an hour before departure and immediately go through the necessary procedures (passport and customs control). Just don't forget at home or at work boarding passes with selected seats to be printed out upon completion of the online check-in procedure.

However, there are also disadvantages: online check-in with some airlines is not possible for passengers with small children, for passengers with luggage and for passengers carrying animals on the plane. On the other hand, some airlines, on the contrary, provide bonuses for online check-in. For example, Etihad allows you to increase Weight Limit baggage for 7 kg (although not for all airports and Minsk is not included in this list). By the way, in any case, I recommend arriving at the airport early, because if online check-in with luggage is allowed by your airline, this same luggage will still have to be weighed and checked in at a special counter, so it’s better not to be late, because nerve cells are not restored well.

At the end of the article, one more helpful advice: before online check-in on an aircraft with a choice of seats, familiarize yourself in advance with the layout of these seats directly in the model and modification of the aircraft that is declared for your flight (usually such information is provided in the printout of your electronic ticket). As a rule, such diagrams (on which the rows and seats are numbered, emergency and regular exits, the location of galleys and toilets) are on the websites of all major airlines.

Reservation of seats on the plane through a mobile application

In our time, when information technology is rapidly developing, and most people can no longer imagine their lives without the daily use of smartphones, it would be wrong not to mention another way to check in for a flight and choose a seat in the cabin . We are talking about the use of mobile applications from airlines. Most of them have such branded applications. popular airlines: Aeroflot and S7 in Russia, Ukrainian UIA, Middle East Emirates and Etihad, etc. These applications for Android and iOS can be downloaded directly from airline websites, and their use is not limited to check-in for a flight and booking seats in the cabin.

Today, mobile applications from airlines offer almost a full range of basic and related services: search and purchase of air tickets, insurance, online check-in for a flight, provision of information on the status of all flights in real time, delays in departure and arrival, services at the airport, charging bonus miles and how to use them. Therefore, having such an application in your smartphone (especially if you travel more than once a year) can be very useful. Applications do not take up much disk space, which is also convenient, because you probably want to bring as much as possible from your trip. big photo and video.

Aeroflot mobile application - allows you to select seats in the cabin

The only caveat is that, as in cases with the purchase of air tickets on the official websites of airlines, when using a branded application for this, the price is higher than when buying from intermediaries. Therefore, if you want to save money, it is better to use airline branded mobile applications not to buy air tickets, but to search for dates with minimum fares, and only then check these dates in the metasearch. I use Aviasales all the time and for all the time I have probably already saved on a free flight to Thailand. By the way, this metasearch also has, by installing which on a smartphone, you will always have access to air tickets at the lowest prices, which include all taxes and fees (at the top of the page, you can select a device (iPhone, iPad, Android or Windows Phone smartphones or tablets) using the link ).

Unsuccessful booking of a seat in the cabin

If for some reason you were unable to book a seat on the plane that was comfortable for you (did not have time for online registration, forgot to warn the airline employee at the counter or she did not meet you halfway), then all is not lost. After the boarding is completed, when the flight attendant announces it (“Boarding is over”), you can take a more comfortable seat on the plane, if there are any in the line of sight. You can ask the flight attendant about this, or even better, warn the latter that you would like to change your seat immediately upon boarding and politely ask her to find you such a place if possible.

Another possible option is to immediately take a comfortable free seat: it is quite possible that no one will sit on it. In the end, you will always have time to take your "legitimate" place. Thus, there are several ways to book seats in the cabin according to your preference. Use them wisely and all your further flights will be pleasant and comfortable. I wish you pleasant air travel and soft landings!

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