Do you prefer aisle or window seat on the plane? (airlines, sleeping)

[Xircal]

Originally Posted by Icemodeled

I will fly for the first time this October, I will hopefully get a window seat as right now I prefer it.

It's a good idea to join an airline's frequent flyer program even if you only travel once or twice a year. Membership almost always allows you to pick a seat about 60 days before the flight.

Best not to leave it to the airline to allocate a seat to you since you might get a window seat over the wing.

Check the airline's site for seat plans, or check on this site which shows the seating layout of all aircraft types: Browse by Airline - SeatExpert

[BobNJ1960]

Window. Lean against the wall, asleep in 10 minutes..every time.

[Nema98]

Neutral.

[2e1m5a]

Window! I hate when I'm not in a window seat and the person who is closes the blind.

How often are you flying thousands of feet above the ground? I never get tired of looking out plane windows.

[7express]

Window for any flight 2 hours or less where I don't have to get up
Aisle for anything 3 hours or more where I don't have to bother anyone in case I want to get up.
Between 2 & 3 hours I'll take whatever's closest to the front so I get out quicker.

[jtur88]

Once I sit down in the plane, I stay there, so I'm fine in the window seat.

[annerk]

Originally Posted by jtur88

Once I sit down in the plane, I stay there, so I'm fine in the window seat.

You don't use a rest room for eight hours or more? Sounds very unhealthy.

[Unsettomati]

If I can manage it, a window seat, always.

I've never lost my love of flying. And the world is such a fascinating place when viewed from above. The perspective is so revealing, even close to home over a place one thinks one knows. And away? mountains and deserts, rivers and lakes, towns and cities, remote lands of all sorts - the view is amazing. I spend half the flight gazing out the window.

So, I always get a window seat as far from the wing as possible, and on the side of the aircraft where the sun won't blind me - again, when possible.

[hexadecimal]

As much as I love the window seat for staring outside, I prefer the aisle seat so I can periodically stretch my legs into the aisle and get up for walks/trips to the bathroom since my knees start aching after a while.

[beachmouse]

Booked a flight today on a wee regional jet with a 1-2 seating configuration in economy. So you can get a seat that's both window AND aisle.