i'd call midwest and get a ticket from them. southwest absolutely blows.
Agreed! After flying Midwest, every other airline just sucks (reminds me of a bar in Salt Lake City called Port O' Call, whose slogan is, "Every place else just sucks!" :wink: ). The last time I flew for cheap, I thought I was going to lose my mind; I've been spoiled by the big First Class-sized Recaros that Midwest has in all their aircraft. Thank goodness there's a nonstop on Midwest between here and my hometown. Warm chocolate chip cookies FTW! :tongue:
Given a choice, I'd normally take an exit row (preferably the rear row if there are two on a side, because the seats can still recline a bit) on the aisle. Although there's something to be said for sitting by the window, which gives you a place to rest your head.
All else equal, the worst seat, IMO, is the middle of three in the row just in front of an exit. Those seats normally cannot recline at all, because they want to keep the exit as clear as possible under all circumstances. So, you're stuck bolt-upright in a seat that normally has no legroom for a 6-footer like myself -- what am I saying, "legroom" doesn't apply at all, it's KNEEroom that I don't get -- and has probably been pushed forward a couple crucial inches to make room for the exit row.
OH... and BTW...
It's embarrassing if I board a plane and have to climb over somebody (or make them stand up) to get to my window seat; it's also annoying if I'm the one in an aisle seat and have to move for some latecomer to take the window seat next to me.
Because of this, I've taken to doing one of two things, depending on where I'm sitting. If I'm assigned a window seat, I get in line
immediately after hearing my row called over the P.A., hoping to get to my seat before my seatrow partner so that I wouldn't have to inconvenience them. If I'm on the aisle, I wait until the last minute, so that anyone sitting by the window in my row is already (hopefully) boarded & seated and wouldn't have to climb over me.