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Comment by edw519 | Hacker News Reader

Another technology solution to a non-technical problem.

  1. Fly Southwest.
  2. Board earlier than most others.
  3. When someone eyeballs the adjacent seat, yell into your phone, "The ointment works much better than the lotion when the boils open!"

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This has worked on flights to/from particularly religious countries. I got the whole exit row on one flight from Poland, the guys already seated actually asked to move.

  1. Wear a black metal band t-shirt

This has only worked once:

  1. Teach the toddler in the middle seat on the first flight to speak a little English
  2. Her father will be so happy and relaxed, he will let her eat the overly sweet BA dessert
  3. She will be sick all over both adults
  4. No-one wants to sit next to the sick-smelling guy on the next flight.

You're getting downvoted but this is a good point - southwest does it right.

For whatever reason, people dislike the back of the plane but if you can tolerate that, you typically have your choice of isle or window, even with crappy line placement.

The back of the plane is not ideal when you want to get off the plane sooner to catch your connecting flight.

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