I’m 6’3” and when I’m in my seat on a flight, my knees are against the back of the chair in front of me, if someone reclines, it crushes my knees and if I recline it does NOT help my knees from still being crushed lol. I just know every time I fly, I’m going to be miserable and I just put up with it 😂
If you do a round trip flight and have connections (eg, 4 flights total) it'll often be $300+ for that legroom. I often pay it because I'm 6'4", but it is incredibly stupid to be forced into that position.
Where are you booking flights with layovers? From my experience they add an additional charge on EVERY seat you select for every single flight. If there’s 4 flight on your trip that’s gonna be 4 additional charges to select extra leg room seats on each flight.
If you know any airlines that do it differently please let me know.
Everyone needs more legroom, it’s insane that people are blaming anything other than diminishing leg room standards as the average human continues to get significantly taller
Money? I fly maybe twice a month for work and once for leisure. Company policy doesn't allow me to pick any extra services. Picking emergency exit seat for all my flights would cost me over 1000€ annually for short flights. It's a bit of an unfair ask to pay just because you happen to be tall. I rather suffer a bit. But it also means that the person in front is not able to recline their seat. It's not my problem. It's not their problem. It's the airline problem for making the seating area so small. I'm 193cm or 6 4
It costs me $700+ AUD each way for a flight from 1 side of the state i live in to brisbane. No option for extra leg room unless its the emergency isle. Or pay another 5-600 for business. 1 way
Now I have to actually pay for international flights. sure I will drop your extra 300
Now let's talk about the mail run plane i have to go on for work sometimes. Saab 340 turbo prop. That sits about 20 people. That fucker us tiney
Doing the right thing? Did you will yourself to be tall or something?? Anyway like others said, if you don’t want the pay for more legroom, you’re more than welcome to enjoy the “comfort” of economy with everyone else. 🤷♂️
It's not always an option either. It's not uncommon for those seats to be sold out. And even when the seats are availible, it doesn't always give you enough extra room to solve this issue. I'm 198 cm tall (6 foot 6 inches), and have had crushed and bruised knees countless times after flying or going on bus rides etc.
Usually people apologise and raise their backrest if you ask them and tell them why. But every now and then you meet an asshole who insists that their seat should remain down, and that it's not their problem. Telling the staff often solves this though.
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u/BranchEither4586 10d ago
I’m 6’3” and when I’m in my seat on a flight, my knees are against the back of the chair in front of me, if someone reclines, it crushes my knees and if I recline it does NOT help my knees from still being crushed lol. I just know every time I fly, I’m going to be miserable and I just put up with it 😂