Airplane Seat Geek (2024)

FAQs

Does SeatGeek have plane tickets? ›

Where can I buy Airline tickets? You can buy Airline tickets on SeatGeek!

AeroLopa. Arguably the best alternative to SeatGuru is AeroLopa. "LOPA" stands for Location of Passenger Accommodations and is a document that airlines prepare for each cabin layout. What AeroLopa does is digitize this document, giving travelers an exact to-scale layout of the interior of each aircraft type.

As of 2020 its app is no longer available in the Apple App store and Google Play. As of May 2023 attempting to contact the site via "Contact Me" to update seat maps results in the reply "Thank you for your interest in SeatGuru.

It's a favorite booking hack by couples who hope luck will be on their side: Choose the aisle and the window and cross your fingers that other travelers will be discouraged from picking the remaining seat in the middle.

You can absolutely trust the tickets on SeatGeek! The tickets on SeatGeek are sold by licensed sellers, other SeatGeek customers, and sometimes the team's box office. All of the tickets sold on SeatGeek are backed by our Buyer Guarantee.

Once your order is confirmed, it's covered by our Buyer Guarantee. This means that if a seller doesn't deliver your tickets as stated in our guarantee, we will go out of our way to find you comparable or upgraded replacement tickets and you don't have to pay a thing.

Best seat for minimizing the effects of turbulence: A seat over the wing. Best seat for peace and quiet: A seat near the front. Best seat for legroom: A bulkhead or exit-row seat. Best seat for sleeping: A window seat in a bulkhead row.

Optimized for your iPhone, iPod Touch and Android, SeatGuru provides you with seat maps and insights from over 45,000 flier reviews, right at your fingertips. Now even at the airport, you can always find the best seat before you fly. Features: Over 800 color-coded airplane seat maps.

If you wish to check the seat layout of a particular aircraft, SeatGuru used to be the gold standard for this purpose; however, it is now often out of date and unreliable. Instead, AeroLopa is a more accurate, often updated resource with modern, easy-to-interpret seat maps.

A seat colored red is meant to alert travelers that the seat should be avoided. Usually, it has multiple poor qualities, such as no window, limited recline or legroom, reduced seat width, etc. If you place your mouse over the seat in question, comments will appear to explain why it is a poor seat.

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Log into your carrier's app. Many airlines provide information such as seat maps that are accessible via their apps and websites before the day of travel. These maps will show you the layout of every seat on the plane and whether it's been booked or not.

Not all seats are up for grabs

American Airlines, for instance, calls these “preferred seats.” “The best rule of thumb is to check with the flight attendant before making any moves, because they'll have the final say once the boarding door closes,” Shon says.

Seats at the back of the plane tend to be bumpier, and sitting towards the back also means you're one of the last passengers to get off the plane after landing.

Why is SeatGeek cheaper than other ticket sellers? Most SeatGeek tickets are resold, which means their prices vary more. Most of the tickets sold on SeatGeek were purchased by people at the venue's box office and are now being resold.

Your ticket or wristband will be mailed to you via UPS or FedEx and will be delivered within 48 hours of the event.

What happens if my tickets don't sell? If your tickets don't sell, then you're free to take them off the market and use them or send them to a friend using our Send feature! Click here to learn how to send tickets on SeatGeek.

Although tickets can be delivered to your account instantly, there may be a period of time between your order confirmation and when you receive the tickets. You may not receive mobile transfer tickets until within 24 hours of the event due to delayed release policies that venues use to keep your tickets safe.