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Which airlines have the most legroom?

Asked by occ (4179points) September 14th, 2009

I’m wondering specifically which airlines have the most legroom in economy or coach class. I recently took a flight on United. They have made the first 10 or so rows in Economy into an “Economy Plus” section, with extra legroom (charging extra for those tickets). But it seems like the back half of the plane was squished in order to accomodate the extra room for Economy plus – and the plain old “Economy” seats had very little room. I’m wondering if people have seen signficant differences between different airlines. Which are the best in terms of legroom and more spacious seats? Which are the worst?

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Mamradpivo's avatar

I always love the economy plus, but i’ve never paid for it. I’ve been pleased with both alaska airlines and frontier for the amount of legroom they offer. And I’ve heard that Virgin America isn’t too bad either.

Les's avatar

I don’t know how much legroom it is, but Qantas’ economy section always seems much more comfortable than any other airline I’ve been on. Which is good. When you’re flying for 16 hours from LA to Sydney.

YARNLADY's avatar

The Seat Guru has seating charts you can look at. The Geek at about[dot]com has an excellent article about how to find the most comfortable seat.

Edit: I can’t give a more personal response, because at barely 5’ tall, I haven’t encountered any problem.

deni's avatar

I think you can buy extra legroom on United Airlines. Or some airline. I dunno how much, but I remember seeing ads.

La_chica_gomela's avatar

@deni: Did you read the question?

mvgolden's avatar

I have always found Southwest to give me enough legroom and I am almost 6ft tall. Most of the major carriers are too tight for me anymore.

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