The Most Coveted Seats on a Plane

People said they'd pay an average of $33.59 to choose their seat in advance.

If your ideal spot on an airplane is a middle seat, you’re among a select group of very talkative people. The travel site Upgraded Points polled over 3,000 people to find the most coveted seats on planes. They showed each person the seating chart for a 737 plane and asked them to choose their top seat location. Eight of the top 10 choices are window seats, and the other two are aisle seats. Seat 1A…a window seat in first class was number one but obviously that’s more expensive. 7F was second. It’s a window seat in the first row of economy behind the wall for first class, so there’s more legroom, and no one’s in front of you. Just under 2% of the people chose a middle seat. So, some of us do like being wedged between two strangers. People said they’d pay an average of $33.59 to choose their seat in advance.