VinDivine

Since many of you will be hitting the skies this summer for a little getaway, check out this cool little site brought to you by TripAdvisor. Why’d it make the VdV Cool Stuff list? Because it’s free, easy to use and can help you not get screwed the next time you select your seats, no matter if you’re flying first class or cattle class. For instance, I fly Virgin America a lot, and lose track of what seat is what since they fly A319 ans A320s. Even worse is if I fly an airline or plane type I’m not familiar with. Hey some people may specifically want a seat near the bathrooms, but not me.

So is Row 22 right next to the crapper, or is it a 30-row plane and the you’re safe from the Blue Zone? Does your plane have a rear exit (few do, I know but some have them), so sitting near the back might mean a surprise benefit of a quick exit?

Or how about some of those premium seats (Economy Plus,  Main Cabin Select) where you pay extra for a little better seat? Well, pilgrim they’re not all created the same. And always be sure if you’re getting an exit row to select the rear seat row in the event there are two exit rows, ‘cuz the forward row seats won’t recline. Bummer for you. Anyhoo, all the answers to those and other burning burning questions can now be answered!

All ya gotta do is visit the site, select your airline and plane type, and up pops a seating chart that is color coded with values like ‘Good Seat’, ‘Poor Seat’, ‘Some Drawbacks’, etc. with a handy dandy little mouse-over window that gives ya the complete 411. No, it can’t help you (yet) from getting seated next to some snot-nose, bawling child but it does give you some great pointers in a flash. So here’s to flying the friendly skies and not getting hosed this summer, from your friends at VinDivine!

VdV Rating: 3

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