I discovered that exit row thing for the first time a few weeks ago on my way back from Boston to Los Angeles. I know it's only a 6 hour flight, but having that room to stretch my legs, even with somewhat reduced chair reclining, made so much of a difference. That and today's in-flight wifi, which is outstanding. It blows my mind that I can watch YouTube and read HN during my flight with little to no interruption. Makes a flight blow by like it's nothing.

What would also help with comfort on flights is lumbar support. I don't really understand why airline seats have virtually no lumbar support, but I guess it gives them room to squeeze in some more chairs if they do that. IDK But sometimes it drives me nuts being on a long flight and getting a sore lower back. Sure, I can squeeze a pillow back there if I've got one, but still.

By the way, I discovered that you can get free wifi on a lot of these flights if you use the T-mobile free hour and, once the hour is up, spoof your MAC address and rotate to another T-mobile number. :)