If you’re jetting off from the UK on a summer holiday trip, it’s likely you’re sacrificing your own comfort for the comfort of your wallet.
But there’s one seat on budget airline Ryanair that can save you money – and give you all the extra comfort you need.
This fabled single seat has been described as the budget business class for flights, with almost unlimited legroom.
If you’re flying on the Boeing 737-Max 8200 aircraft, you want to try and book seat 29A for the magic seat. It’s right by an emergency exit, and has no passenger seats in front of it so you can stretch your legs all the way out.
A user on the Flyertalk forum wrote: “As someone who was lucky enough to be randomly allocated 29A on a flight not long ago, the virtually unlimited legroom was definitely appreciated!”
One that is well-known for giving flyers a poor experience is seat 11A on Ryanair flights, which has no window – or a tiny window that you can’t really look out of – despite being on the window.
According to Seatlink, which lets people rate aeroplane seats, seats 33A to F are also ones to avoid, because they’re right in front of the toilets.
But if you haven’t managed to snap up this particular seat, fear not. Which? has conducted a 2023 survey comparing legroom and seat width among 12 leading short-haul carriers from the UK, reports the Liverpool Echo .
Aer Lingus, Lufthansa, and KLM soared above the rest, offering a generous seat pitch of 31-32 inches, 29-33 inches, and 30-32 inches respectively. So, if you can’t get the coveted Ryanair seat, maybe consider booking with one of these other airlines instead so you can stretch that little bit more.
On the flip side, Wizz Air and TUI trailed behind, both providing a rather snug seat pitch of just 28 inches.
Aer Lingus – 31-32 inches
British Airways – 29-31 inches
EasyJet – 29 inches
Jet2 – 28-31 inches
KLM – 29-33 inches
Lufthansa – 30-32 inches
Norwegian – 29-31 inches
Ryanair – 30 inches
TAP Portugal – 28-31 inches
TUI – 28 inches
Vueling – 29-30 inches
Wizz Air – 28 inches