Row 60 on Lufthansa Airbus A380-800

There are usually two possible situations for first-row seats:

• There’s a lot of empty space right in front of you. This is usually (but not always) the case when you are right next to a door (looks like seats in row 75 and window seats in 76 are like this). In that situation, you do have lots of extra leg room, but you don’t have anything you can lie your feet against, so it’s not necessarily very comfortable, depending on your habits. Note that on some planes, the door bulges at floor level, which may restrict legroom for window seats (this is probably part of the reasons there are no window seats in row 75).

• There’s a partition in front of you. This seems to be the case here. In this situation, you usually have more space at knee level, but not necessarily at foot level (on a regular seat you would have your feet under the seat in front of you).

To know if it’s actually better you would need at least a picture to judge, ideally with one of a regular row for comparison). It also depends on your height and the size of your feet :-)

Ok, I'm right now at the plane, I couldn't change my seat and had to stay in row 60. To summarize (with respect to the questions I had initially):

no leg stretching, and still need to disturb everyone to get to the aisle (but at least they don't need to stand up as well but just move their feet)

We have sat in the exact seats, and there was plenty of leg room. We have a service dog and we all love it. In fact in a strange coincidence we just booked these seats yesterday — they are called preferred ? seating now at a cost of $45.00 for each seat (which they just started last month). So for the additional cost I think it is worth it. (I wish there was only 2 seats instead of three but sometimes that third seat is empty so lots of extra room.) Also on the bottom off the wall there is a large pocket for your feet so I would go for it but once again this is only our opinion.

For LH A380, go for upper deck economy, they are the best. Small Econ Cabin, 242layout with 6rows, it is quiet and you get your meals serviced quickly. Window seats also a small storage room next to the wall. And upper deck is less noisy with the engine sound too.

Beware that on the upper deck behind business on some airlines (such as Thai Airlines,), you cannot walk around and cannot go downstairs, and thus are are trapped in a tiny area. The ceiling is also lower.

I flew on Lufthansa last week same model aircraft. I try to choose an aisle seat whenever I fly so I can at least stretch my legs in the aisle. Seat 60A, you will be wedged against the window, I would have chosen the aisle seat. There is a wall and your food tray will be located in the armrest. Your entertainment console won't be easily viewable as if you took one of the seats behind you it would be in the headrest in front of you.

That jet also has seats available in the upper deck.

Your best bet is to choose a seat in the center on the aisle and check to see if anybody selects a seat next to you. I had an entire row to myself on my flight because it was pretty empty. That helps to stretch out a little.

Good luck.