Would you swap seats? Aisle, middle, window seat? Together or separate?

Window seat view at night. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Booking Seats

If you want to sit together on a plane, choose seats as early as you can.

I used to like window seats. I liked to see the view, and take photos. But I was claustrophobic. One day I was forced to take an aisle seat. I discovered that the long view up the aisle was more to my liking and left me calmer.

Changing Seats

 At the check-in you are often asked if you want to move if you are sitting separately. If you are not asked, that is the time to ask.

Once on the plane, you might ask the airline staff. 

Third choice would be to ask passengers.

Advantages of the Window Seat

Seeing the ground as you leave and arrive. Getting good photos. You can lean towards the window to sleep.

Advantages of the middle seat

Two chances of chatting to somebody interesting or meeting the man or woman of your dreams.

Advantages of the Aisle Seat

Advantages of the aisle.are that if you are claustrophobic you can focus on the long view down the aisle. One arm is free. You only have albows and bodies and legs of another passenger on one side. 

Useful Website

 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11797491/Debate-rages-airplane-etiquette-Virgin-passenger-refuses-swap-seats-Jay-Kloss.html#comments

Secrets Of A Successful flight on Singapore Airlines, the price, the movies, the seat, the armrest, the toilet seat

 

Airline lounge toilets had heated seats.

Mushroom soup. Pasta. Buffet. Chocolate mini muffins.

Best Prices

Hunt for the best prices for flights. On Singapore Airlines we found that midweek flights and daytime flights were cheaper than night flights and weekends. 

Choose Seats

Pick your seat online as early as you can. Right now flights are full. 

Aisle Seat

I like aisle seats. I can jump out quickly.

I like an aisle seat. I used to like window seats in order to see the view when taking off and coming into land. But I was a nervous flyer and that made me feel worse. 

I discovered that I felt less claustrophobic in the aisle seat. Then I could see all the way down the plane. 

Second Chance to Choose A Seat

If you cannot get the seat you want, don't worry. You may get a second chance during check-in. For the first time ever, in May 2022, this did not work. They were full.

Last Chance - Or Swap Seats

After boarding, ask politely if somebody else wants to change seats. I am glad I did not fret about not having an aisle seat. As soon as the person with that aisle seat got on, he asked me, "Would you mind changing seats?" 

"Delighted to," I replied. I asked, "Why do you want a window seat?"

He said, "Because I work on the engineering of planes. I like to watch the wing flaps move."

 I was delighted to swap seats.

I changed to aisle seats by accident when I could not get a window seat. 

I could get out of my seat easily and quickly, with space alongside.

Window Seat Photos

I asked him to take a photo of the wings for me with my mobile phone.

Armrest Lever

Another trick in the aisle seat is to lift the armrest so you can get out more easily. There is usually a button or lever under the armrest.

Watch Great Movies

I watched four movies.

1 A film starring Meryl Streep as an author on the QE2 with two long lost friends and her nervous nephew.

2 Everything is Illuminated. Set in Ukraine. Fictional story of earnest young American searching for the village where his late grandfather came from. It has moments of black humour, (like Borat's film on Kazakhstan).

3 Emma. Jane Austen's humour survives the centuries. Bright humour and romance. Great acting. 

4 A film on Changi prison. The statistics were shocking. 

Useful Websites

https://www.singaporeair.com/

https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/sg/travel-info/requests/meals/

https://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/sg/ppsclub-krisflyer/earn-miles/earn-on-the-ground/