Re:How Lufthansa Cares for Passengers' Medical Needs (2014)
by superuser2 on Friday January 01, 2016 @07:48PM
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Spot-checking on some routes I do regularly, middle-tier seating is almost always a 2-3x multiple of a regular seat, while only offering ~20% more room.
The only tricky bit to this is that thanks to mergers from airlines which didn't have this, and the time needed to roll out fleet-wide cabin refurbs, there are still planes flying for those airlines which don't have the dedicated extra-legroom sections (and the tiny regional jets simply don't get those most of the time).
When in doubt, swing over to the website of the actual airline, enter the date/destination, and in the list of flights you can click to pull up a seat map which will show you whether that section exists and if so which seats are in it (American calls it "Main Cabin Extra", Delta calls it "Comfort+" and United calls it "Economy Plus").
Seat width is not really something US airlines differentiate on very much. Some have wider seats in the international version of their extra-legroom economy (typically only one inch wider), but for the most part if you want a wider seat you need to buy a first-class or business-class ticket.