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Window for me... but I can go 4+ hours without needing to use the restroom. Can't remember the last time I've ever even been in an airplane closet with a toilet. Even road trips are a blast with me... one stop to refill gas and use the restroom gets a 10 hour road trip done in 8 hours.
So having the window to look out and rest my head on is definitely more important. Also allows me to avoid getting bumped by people walking down the aisle or that horrible service cart. Not to mention, someone is probably going to be disturbed by someone else's restroom needs... might as well be someone other than myself Life's more fun when you don't worry about inconveniencing others! :P
Aisle seat 100% no questions asked. I get major anxiety about flying. Not about the concept of the actual flight, but about the concept of having an anxiety attack and not being able to go anywhere. So maybe, aerial agoraphobia? Anyway because of that I'm one of those that has to drink a fair amount before and on flights so with an aisle seat A.) I can use the restroom whenever I need to and B.) I don't feel even more enclosed than I already am. Of course problem B is generally solved by the previous solution, but still....
For all you with aisle seat preferences, I'm your perfect window seat traveler: I can sit for hours without getting up. I will wait for you to get up and take that opportunity to stretch my legs if needed. Finally I won't talk your ear off!
For all you with aisle seat preferences, I'm your perfect window seat traveler: I can sit for hours without getting up. I will wait for you to get up and take that opportunity to stretch my legs if needed. Finally I won't talk your ear off!
^^^ This is me too. I want to sleep and don't want to be bothered. Flying with me is like flying with a cat >^..^< On international flights, I stay up the night before so I can sleep 8-9 hours of the flight. I never get jet lag this way either.
My favorite seat for long flights are the first row window seats with more leg room to stretch out for my nap.
Aisle seat on the right side of the plane. I have a bad left knee so it's much more comfortable, especially on long flights, to have the aisle to stretch it out in without having to disturb anyone.
I used to always be a window seat person because I like to look out the window, but then I developed DVT (probably from a fall and not from flying) that did result in a pulmonary embolism. Since then I have been mostly an aisle seat person so I can get up easily from time to time, although more recently on flights less than three hours I have been taking a window seat sometimes.
This is the main reason why I prefer the aisle - you never know who your seat mate is going to be, and the very reason why I got a weird feeling from the guy who sat next to me on my Amsterdam flight -
I feel more in control sitting on the aisle, and have more power to smack someone up and have nearby witnesses.
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Life's more fun when you don't worry about inconveniencing others! :P
