@gs.travel: Travel Tip: The Empty Middle Seat Hack When flying as a couple, try booking the aisle and window seats in a row of three. Most people avoid choosing a middle seat, so there’s a good chance it will stay empty giving you extra space and a more comfortable flight! Of course, if someone does end up in the middle, you can always offer to switch so you can sit together. It’s a simple trick that often works! Have you ever tried this hack? Did it work for you? Let us know in the comments! #traveltip #travelhack #fyp
Airlines don’t let you do this if it’s two person booking
2025-06-24 15:32:33
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nathanrichardson367 :
This worked for me and my wife last year on the way to our holiday. The return flight however too many people so we ended up switching with the random person so they weren’t sat between us. So yes it works and no it doesn’t
2025-06-24 19:26:38
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Gunner :
doesn’t generally work 😉 you end up with a random i between you
2025-06-24 07:19:37
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joe swanson :
I book the middle seat a lot because I know people who think they are clever for this trick, I wait at the back of the queue and laugh when I walk on seeing their faces
2025-06-24 10:41:29
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stan :
I've flown 12 times this year. and each flight has been full. so this wouldn't work
2025-06-24 11:06:17
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Marshal Meadows :
It's a great idea.. If someone turns up for middle seat you ask to swap with them and they definitely would because who wants to sit in between 2 strangers.
2025-06-24 11:53:20
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siggiphoto :
a lot of airlines won't allow you to do that unless you book two separate tickets. they are on to us. 😂
2025-06-24 09:01:42
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Fingerhat :
The face of those people when someone sits in the middle is priceless. Even better when you decline to switch seats.
2025-06-24 10:28:31
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User592774927 :
1 out of 100 is you’re lucky
2025-06-25 05:11:31
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Lal mirch :
I absolutely love this, I always book a middle seat and occasionally strike lucky. I always intentionally board at the last moment when such people are at the maximum smugness. The look on their faces is an absolute treat as I approach closer to my seat, the middle seat. Yes, the icing in the cake is, I’m 23st weight
2025-06-24 13:09:36
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Scooby Doon’t :
Yeah right, travelling alone and have more than one time ended up inbetween couples that thought they were smart. Happy to trade for windowseat though.
2025-06-25 10:30:45
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yoyomastertoday 🍰😺🏌️🏂 :
It will be funny when a big person books the middle seat 😂😂😂
2025-06-25 07:41:21
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KrisRuns :
I was between a couple who did that on the exit row to San Francisco last weekend. It was like a little love sandwich with me as the filling.
2025-06-24 17:10:18
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KT :
No you get a rando sat in the middle
2025-06-25 16:32:19
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MrStaffy :
you are not supposed change seat,they can ask you to return to your original seat
2025-06-24 16:49:55
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Kimball :
If you don’t want to sit together why pay to choose seats?
2025-06-24 09:40:18
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49Inkerman :
I make sure I book a middle seat between two as I travel alone to ensure people who do this don’t get away with it!
2025-06-26 05:56:15
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Liam2023__ :
Jeez. Really ground breaking stuff guys.
2025-06-25 20:14:01
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Tim Jones :
Doesn’t always work!!
2025-06-25 19:48:12
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Noreen’s world :
Not always works - too many people are travelling - worked all the time many years ago though
2025-07-09 11:45:48
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Tracey :
I dont book any seat as a lone traveller and always end up moving a couple of times to accommodate other families 😂
2025-06-25 20:39:24
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vickywilson348 :
No the middle one will just be booked by 1 person flying alone
2025-06-26 15:24:41
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Pschmidi :
Doesn‘t work if the flight is fully booked
2025-06-26 06:52:38
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Richard Washingto769 :
Some airlines👏es don’t let you though
2025-06-24 11:09:42
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