Comments on: Airplane seating

By: JB

JB — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:37:32 +0000

Yeah, I think it’s both. Long Beach is more of a hub for them than Burbank, so there are more outgoing (and incoming) flights from there. I always end up going out of Long Beach rather Burbank because there are more flight selections, but neither goes to Portland.

By: nstryker

nstryker — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:50:07 +0000

it’s not just limited airports, it’s limited flights. the only way to get from burbank to portland is to go through chicago…they don’t do any regional flights.

By: JB

JB — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:11:18 +0000

Yeah, that’s the only downside - they do only support a limited number of airports. Luckily, I’ve only needed / wanted to go to NYC and DC in the last couple years, and those just happen to be two of the ones they have a lot of service to / from.

By: nstryker

nstryker — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:44:44 +0000

now we just have to fly to someplace we’ve never been so we can! jetblue has flights out of portland, but not to socal…

those seats are a little too open. i’d feel exposed.

By: JB

JB — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:36:02 +0000

Yeah, I didn’t mind the reclining thing since I usually don’t recline my seat anyway, but it did bug Martha.

I now wish I would have taken another picture in a non-exit row, just to show that even normal rows have quite a lot of leg room on their planes.

Luckily, on JetBlue you can choose your seats online ahead of time, either right when you buy them or anytime before the flight, so you can usually get whatever type of seat you’d like unless you are doing the trip last minute.

By: lisa.stryker

lisa.stryker — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:14:47 +0000

The problem with the exit row is that you can’t recline your seat. Also in my experience the seat seems tipped slightly forward and you have the feeling you are sliding out.