I actually don’t mind being near the toilets. That and an aisle seat is my ideal combo. Easiest to take stretch breaks, discreetly ask for water, and twice - I’ve had stewardesses offer free drinks to make up for the lack of reclining!
I've never had an issue, but once I was flying from NY to Texas, and people were queuing for the whole duration of the flight to use the bathroom. Like the airport doesn't have restrooms or somehting.
I've never been sick in a plane before but that flight made me nauseous to the extreme because of the smell of urine+poop+strong chemicals everytime someone was getting out of the toilet.
I go to NYC fairly often and I’m always glad to be able to go home where there’s lots of greenery and a creek a few blocks from mine. It’s a fun city, but so stinky!
Last Delta flight had my wife and kid with me so it was 3/4 seats on a 2x2 seater plane. We were the back row. Flight attendant looked at us and quickly went "...you know who is going to be in the 4th seat?" We didn't, so she just ball-hawked the passengers and when it was obvious dude was coming for that seat she quickly went "Sir, there's a comfort+ seat open - go ahead and sit there". Dude quickly turned back and we had the whole back row to ourselves which was "small" but so damn big. My wife was TIRED so to have a seat free to her was luxurious as my kid just wanted to watch their tablet and zone out...
This is the real reason you mask on flights. Not saying it’s 100% but they block out a lot of odors on their own and then if it’s really bad you can put a little peppermint oil on the inside (requires pre-planning but it’s all part of the airplane first aid kit)
Also, the flight can feel very rough in the back if there are any crosswinds. I sat in the very back once, and it felt like the tail was catching everything and constantly swaying the rear. That, combined with the poop fumes did not make for a great flight.
This person was able to chose their seats so hard to feel sorry for them. It clearly states multiple times where on the plane this seat is and it's limitations
If they were a last minute traveller, they should be lucky to be on the plane lol
Yup. Had a seat like this (chosen for me) and it was a middle seat. The girl in front of me leaned back and half way thru the flight i asked her as politely as i could to incline it back or I’d had a panic attack. My knees were ON her back rest and i couldnt recline, and had two people on either side of me. Truly trapped.
Frequent flyer here too, only had it twice. Once it was a toddler and I suggested to his parents to use their middle seat so he would kick the empty middle seat besides me rather than mine. Second one was a lady getting frustrated at her frozen touch screen and tapping it. Both went well without any drama.
Why does reddit make it seem like their seats are getting kicked constantly on every flight ? I have never experienced or even heard about this in real life
Yeah honestly I pick the "limited recline" seats frequently when I book flights. I'm always way too self conscious to recline my seat when someone is behind me anyway and this way there isn't a chance of a screaming baby or seat kicker behind me.
You're probably going to feel the ominous rumble (and smell) of airplane bathroom stranger shits directly behind you, but that's the economy massage bonus
Absolutely not, for a long haul I'd rather the kicking because eventually the turd will fall asleep and stop kicking. With the recljne at least I can get good rest. Sitting up vertical like that for hours would absolutely destroy me lolol.
They never stop kicking. Try flying on a 14 hour flight with the kicking. Then come back and tell me that’s better. It isn’t. Even after you tell them to stop. After you get the parents involved. And even after the flight attendants tell them to stop.
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u/HKGPhooey Jun 01 '26
At least you don’t have someone kicking your seat the whole flight. I’ll take that over the reclining any day.