How to Choose a Plane Seat Now That SeatGuru Is Dead

AeroLOPA, Flightradar24, and the tail-number trick replace the tool Tripadvisor shut down in 2025

1. How to Choose a Plane Seat Now That SeatGuru Is Dead

   AeroLOPA, Flightradar24, and the tail-number trick replace the tool Tripadvisor shut down in 2025

2. 01.

   SeatGuru went offline in 2025, 24 years after launching in 2001 as a single founder's project.

3. 02.

   AeroLOPA publishes diagrams by sub-fleet, not just by aircraft model, which changes everything on a Boeing 777 or A330 with 3 or 4 different internal configurations.

4. 03.

   Flightradar24 shows the history of recent flights under the same number, including the tail number used in prior days.

5. 04.

   Emergency exit rows typically offer 8 to 15 cm more legroom, but many come with a fixed armrest and a side tray table.

6. 05.

   Children under 15 and third-trimester pregnant passengers are excluded from the exit row under most airlines' safety rules.

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   AeroLOPA, Flightradar24, and the tail-number trick replace the tool Tripadvisor shut down in 2025