Bookmark Essentials: Seat Guru

In this new series, Bookmark Essentials, we’ll share with you the lesser known sites that proved themselves so valuable that they now stand in the prime real estate of our browser’s bookmark bar. You will thank me many times for the number one, especially if you’re a frequent flier, like I’ve been repeatedly blessing my friend and coworker Edgard who first introduced me to Seat Guru.

Open the site in a secondary window when you buy a plane ticket online, select your airline and the plane model mentioned during the booking process, and look for the green spots on the aircraft chart, representing the best seats. Avoid the red ones that indicate poor seats with limited recline, proximity of the lavatories, minimal leg room, blocked window, restricted underseat storage…

Fear no more the Request Seat button.