Best seat to pick for window aer lingus :)

Inbox · 04-08-2011 01:46PM #1

Hi guys,I'm going to be booking aer lingus flights to Nice,France. I think I'm going to reserve the seats because I want a window seat but girlfriend has such long legs she needs an aisle seat. Anyway so I want the seat with best view. You know the way you get the window to far forward or else too far behind. I'm thinking of going for seat 22A? What ya reckon?

radar0976 · 04-08-2011 02:25PM

Inbox wrote: »

Hi guys,I'm going to be booking aer lingus flights to Nice,France. I think I'm going to reserve the seats because I want a window seat but girlfriend has such long legs she needs an aisle seat. Anyway so I want the seat with best view. You know the way you get the window to far forward or else too far behind. I'm thinking of going for seat 22A? What ya reckon?

Don't know if this will help but this is what it looks like from 17A on an Aer Lingus A320. Took this a few weeks ago landing in Heathrow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgIhWqvNGRc

SteelyDanJalapeno · 04-08-2011 02:26PM

Eh don't reserve! go early and ask for the emergency seats, pure bliss

Jamie2k9 · 04-08-2011 02:32PM

Eh don't reserve! go early and ask for the emergency seats, pure bliss

Yes they do. You can pay €10 to reserve a seat. One with extra leg room cost more I think it may be €15. but as siad above if you go early you will pay nothing.

Andrew33 · 04-08-2011 02:55PM

Go to www.seatguru.com (or something!) and find out which is the best seat for the A.320.
Check in online the day before you fly and you'll be able to select a good seat for free (not the "premium" seats but good ones
nonetheless).

Also, seats ahead of the wing/engines tend to be a little bit quieter than those behind.

Darwin · 04-08-2011 04:37PM

If you're flying into Nice, sit on the left hand side to get a view of the coastline on final approach (assuming an easterly approach which it is most of the time).
As the last poster mentions save your money and choose your seats the day before flying.

Locker10a · 04-08-2011 07:55PM

Andrew33 wrote: »

Also, seats ahead of the wing/engines tend to be a little bit quieter than those behind.

Is it not the other way around??

Inbox · 04-08-2011 08:27PM

Great advice thanks everyone.

highlydebased · 04-08-2011 08:51PM

Locker10a wrote: »

Is it not the other way around??

You have the jetblast behind the wing so definitely not. Sitting at the back of a 757 is an interesting experience noise wise!

Tenger · 05-08-2011 01:27AM

Darwin wrote: »

If you're flying into Nice, sit on the left hand side to get a view of the coastline on final approach (assuming an easterly approach which it is most of the time).
As the last poster mentions save your money and choose your seats the day before flying.

Seconded. Try for seat 7-9 A & C. (Got great pics from 8A about 3 weeks ago) You get the window, she gets the aisle and perhaps the centre seat will not be taken by another pax.

Lapin · 05-08-2011 09:47AM

Inbox wrote: »

Hi guys,I'm going to be booking aer lingus flights to Nice,France. I think I'm going to reserve the seats because I want a window seat but girlfriend has such long legs she needs an aisle seat........

Lets hope you don't get an overweight chatty hypochondriac in the middle seat.

mikedragon32 · 05-08-2011 09:56AM

Regular visitor to Nice and in the 6 years I've been going there the flight has always approached from the West, and only twice has it departed on a westward routing.

Sitting on the left heading to Nice you get great views of the Alps and when you hit the coast you'll see Cannes, Antibes and several other smaller towns with amazing houses.

Assuming your flight home heads east, you'll get great views of Villefranche, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Eze, Monaco and probably Menton too before the flight turns north and then you'll get another view of the Alps and hopefully a good look at Mont Blanc.

IF, for some reason the flight approaches Nice from the east, it looks like a great approach. Due to noise restrictions inland, the aircraft follow the curve of the bay (it's a fairly steep turn) and only level off with about 1km to go. It's one of my favourite things about spending a day on the beach there. Well, that and the steak tartar at Castel Plage!

Flyer1 · 05-08-2011 11:13AM

I always try sit at the back of the aircraft when flying as a pax.

Haven't heard of a plane going backwards in to a mountain yet !

Andrew33 · 05-08-2011 03:57PM

Locker10a wrote: »

Is it not the other way around??

Only when they're flying in reverse:rolleyes:

robertxxx · 06-08-2011 10:46PM

Flyer1 wrote: »

I always try sit at the back of the aircraft when flying as a pax.

Haven't heard of a plane going backwards in to a mountain yet !

Ha ha, a friend of mine never drinks alcohol before or during a flight, i asked why? and he said in case we crash i want to be fully alert and in control!!!:)

That is for real!!

Mister Jingles · 06-08-2011 10:51PM

robertxxx wrote: »

Ha ha, a friend of mine never drinks alcohol before or during a flight, i asked why? and he said in case we crash i want to be fully alert and in control!!!:)

That is for real!!

He wouldn't be the only one to have the belief

Lapin · 09-08-2011 04:27PM

robertxxx wrote: »

Ha ha, a friend of mine never drinks alcohol before or during a flight, i asked why? and he said in case we crash i want to be fully alert and in control!!!:)

That is for real!!

Mister Jingles wrote: »

He wouldn't be the only one to have the belief

True, I know one or two pilots who don't drink at least an hour before flying.

Mister Jingles · 09-08-2011 04:34PM

Lapin wrote: »

True, I know one or two pilots who don't drink at least an hour before flying.

I'm sure though that's the case with every pilot ?

Sort of like not drinking and driving.

Assuming your talking about alcohol

Best seat to pick for window aer lingus :)

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