If you are nearly 6-feet-tall or taller, you know flying coach can be an ordeal as your knees mash against the seat in front, for an agonizing trip through the skies.
Delta might be a better choice for some.
On the long-haul Boeing 777, Delta has resisted passenger cramming. United and American jam customers into 10 seats across, each just 17-inches wide. Delta sticks with nine seats in the row, giving everyone 18 inches. Most Delta coach seats are 31 inches deep, although a few allow just 30 inches (and that includes the seat). Meanwhile, American and United have gone strictly to 30 inches deep as their new standard, according to The Wall Street Journal. That means on a Boeing 737-800, Delta has 160 seats, American has 172. United has 166.
If seat room is important to you, but you have to stick with economy, check out the plane seating maps at seatguru.com. The maps show the best and worst seats on each type of plane by carrier.