What happens when you and the seatmate in front of you claim the same underseat storage space, complicated by a missing seat? While I think the answer is clear, I can understand the confusion when flying on a Delta Air Lines 757-300.
Exit Row Underseat Storage War On Delta Air Lines 757-300
A passenger was flying in seat 29F on a Delta Air Lines 757-300 aircraft, an exit row seat with immense legroom because there is no seat 28F (due to the emergency exit door). But on a recent flight, she found that both the underseat storage and TV monitor of 27F, the seat in front of her, were taken by the passenger in 28E.
I honestly don’t know, but I’ve had this had happen a couple times on recent flights. Seat 29F on a 757 has no seat in front of it. It’s just 28D and 28E because of the exit door. The seat is great for extra leg room on flights where I’m not getting upgraded.
Recently when I’ve sat here, the person in 28E has used the under seat storage on 27F and this person even used the entertainment system to display the flight tracker while she watched a movie on the seat directly in front of her.
I had planned on throwing my bag underneath the seat in front of me and using my wireless adapter to connect the entertainment center to my headphones.
Who gets the space and the entertainment center for this seat?
Here’s a couple of images so you have an idea of what she is talking about:
Well, the answer is clear to me: 29F gets space under 27F…there’s even a passenger service unit (“remote control”) in 29F to control the screen in 27F.
United Airlines also flies the 757-300 and has a similar configuration in its exit row, though (at least not yet) there are not seatback screens, so the issue is less of a concern in terms of the screen and more in terms of the underseat storage.
Bottom line: it’s your space: if you get pushback from your seatmate, ask a flight attendant for assistance. 28E cannot claim the screen and underseat storage in 27E and 27F…sorry.
Last time I checked, the safety demonstration/video says “stow bags in the seat in front of you” not “diagonally across from you.”
Happened once. I put the bag in the overhead bin.
That’s the tradeoff for limitless leg room.
It’s not limitless and no, it’s not.
Same on the 717. I was in the seat with the long legroom and a Delta fo was in the single seat ahead of me. Guess where he put all of his shit. My backpack went in the overhead.
The pax in 28E has seat 27E in front of them; that’s where their stuff is supposed to go. I’ve been fortunate enough to sit in that magic exit seat many times (usually on WN) and never had this issue. Well, I take that back because 28E did once shove some stuff under there, but when I arrived I politely pointed out that i needed to place my stuff there. The lady apologized and moved her gear. She didn’t realize that this was someone’s space. All good.
Southwest Airlines 737 MAX 8 has a similar configuration. One of the two exit rows has a pair of seats instead of 3 seats. The row behind then has a window seat with gigantic legroom.
Yes, I am cattle for flying Southwest and known this….mooooooo.
Imagine buying one seat but thinking that you get TWO TV screens s and TWO underseat stowage areas.
I always try to ‘self help’ without immediately involving the flight attendants. But if the other passenger refused to concede, I’d definitely be calling the flight attendant to sort this out.
Some people are so selfish and self serving.
How could they store bags under the seat in from of them? How come it’s not considered an exit row?