Always pick the aisle? Refuse to sit on the right side? Here's why experts say your plane seat choice may mean more than you think. As I settled in for the 17-hour flight from Australia to the United States, I turned to the vacant seat between my wife and me and smiled. While other passengers might have thought it was a stroke of luck, they didn’t know this was deliberate. It was the result of my seat selection obsession. The ritual starts the moment I book a flight: I check legroom