Guides
Everything we've written about reading seat maps, version lotteries, and picking a seat by aircraft type.
General
- A SeatGuru alternative for 2026
SeatGuru shut down in October 2025. What actually changed for travellers, and what to check on any replacement site before trusting it — including this one.
- How to read a seat map
What the colours, icons, labels and shaded bands on a generated seat map actually mean, explained plainly, so you can pick a seat in under a minute.
- What is a version lottery?
Why the same flight number, on the same aircraft type, can put you in a completely different cabin depending on the day — and how to check which one you got.
Best seats by aircraft
- Best seats on the 717-200
- Best seats on the 737 MAX 8
- Best seats on the 737 MAX 9
- Best seats on the 737-700
- Best seats on the 737-800
- Best seats on the 737-900
- Best seats on the 757-200
- Best seats on the 757-300
- Best seats on the 767-300ER
- Best seats on the 767-400ER
- Best seats on the 777-200LR
- Best seats on the 777-300
- Best seats on the 777-300ER
- Best seats on the 787-10
- Best seats on the 787-8
- Best seats on the 787-9
- Best seats on the A220-300
- Best seats on the A319
- Best seats on the A320ceo
- Best seats on the A320neo
- Best seats on the A321ceo
- Best seats on the A321neo
- Best seats on the A330-200
- Best seats on the A330-300
- Best seats on the A330-800
- Best seats on the A330-900neo
- Best seats on the A350-1000
- Best seats on the A350-900
- Best seats on the A380-800
- Best seats on the ATR 42-500
- Best seats on the ATR 42-600
- Best seats on the ATR 72-500
- Best seats on the ATR 72-600
- Best seats on the CRJ900
- Best seats on the Dash 8-100
- Best seats on the Dash 8-200
- Best seats on the Dash 8-300
- Best seats on the Dash 8-400 (Q400)
- Best seats on the E175
- Best seats on the Embraer 170
- Best seats on the Embraer 190
- Best seats on the Embraer 195
- Best seats on the Embraer E190-E2
- Best seats on the Embraer E195-E2