I chose the flights -- direct was 75% more expensive for the company (check the dates). My options for a cheap flight were stopover in Winnipeg or stopover in Ottawa where I know people. :)
I prefer aisle seats near the front, or window when the flight is empty. Thesed flights are fullfullfull so I'll have to web check-in early and hope to get a better seat on the day of.
I really need to test the SeatGuru.com crying baby section theory. I've never noticed crying babies in one specific area other than at the back. Parents seem to take them there to protect the important middle-of-the-plane people.
The "old people on oxygen" section is one to avoid as well. I flew in the crying-baby-and-old-people-on-oxygen section from SEA to LHR once. The babies were fine. Being blinding by the overhead light every time they had to unhook someone's oxygen tube during the night was enough to make my valium + wine red-eye cocktail all but useless.
There is a "baby section", in a way. If the child isn't in a seat -- i.e., is traveling on the lap of an adult -- there needs to be an extra oxygen mask in that row. Only certain rows have extra masks. Some planes don't have rows with extra masks -- on those planes, the seat next to the child & adult combo needs to be left empty to provide that extra mask.
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Date: 2006-10-19 06:52 pm (UTC)I think it sucks that you have to go to Ottawa first rather than direct to Calgary. I'll never understand how airlines figure out these crazy routes.
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Date: 2006-10-19 06:55 pm (UTC)I prefer aisle seats near the front, or window when the flight is empty. Thesed flights are fullfullfull so I'll have to web check-in early and hope to get a better seat on the day of.
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Date: 2006-10-19 07:01 pm (UTC)WORST is being in the last row of business, and having the crying baby row right behind you.
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