Where to Sit (and Where Not to Sit)

SeatExpert (www.SeatExpert.com) – In the rivalry between SeatExpert and Seatguru, SeatExpert has bragging rights to the number of airlines whose interiors have been assigned color-coded graphics explaining what seats are good, bad, and best to avoid. The site managers have mapped nearly 400 aircraft models operated by 58 airlines, and provide data on such inflight amenities as the location of laptop power ports. Still, the site is slow to load and is showing its age.

Seatguru (www.Seatguru.com) – Seatguru, purchased by TripAdvisor.com last year, has mapped nearly 300 aircraft models operated by 40 airlines, breaking out the data by model, ticket class, and on-board amenities. What Seatguru has that SeatExpert doesn’t are handy comparison charts that let users see at a glance what they’re in for when they fly one plane over another. It even has charts identifying seat pitch and width to get you another few inches of legroom. You can even rearrange the list of airlines by seat pitch, making it obvious which has the most legroom in domestic economy class (United, JetBlue, Delta, Air Canada and WestJet).