Avelo Airlines Boeing 737-800 Seat Map

Picking a seat on Avelo's 737-800

The best seat on this 189-seat jet is 21C. It's an exit row, so you get 32 to over 36 inches of pitch instead of the standard 29, it keeps its recline (row 20 ahead of it does not), and as an aisle seat you skip the wing-blocked view that 21A and 21F live with. Everything on board is one economy cabin in 3-3, so seat choice is the only lever you have.

The seats worth booking

Row 21, economy, is the strongest row on the airplane — 21A, 21B, 21C, 21D, 21E and 21F all get exit-row legroom with no recline penalty. Avelo sells the exit rows as Stretch+, meaning the middle seat is left empty, so 21A and 21C (or 21D and 21F) end up with a vacant 21B or 21E between them. That's the closest thing to a premium seat here.

Row 2, economy, is the other standout: 2D, 2E and 2F have extra legroom and no seat in front of them at all, so nobody's headrest is ever in your lap. This is the DEF-side Stretch+ block in the forward cabin. You're a few steps from the door at arrival, which matters on a plane where deplaning is a single-aisle shuffle.

If you want legroom without the exit-row price, aim forward. Rows 1 through 8 on this jet carry extended pitch, and the ABC side up front is sold as Stretch — 1A, 1B and 1C all get the extra room.

For a plain window with a real view, book ahead of the wing: rows 2 through 11 on the A or F side clear the wing entirely. Rows 12 to 25 are all over-wing, so 15A, 20F, 21A and the rest look out at metal.

The seats to avoid

Row 37, economy, is the worst row on the aircraft. 37A through 37F sit against both the rear galley and the aft lavatories — constant standing traffic, cart noise, and you'll be among the last people off. 36C and 36D are barely better; both are close enough to the lavs to catch the queue in the aisle.

11A, economy, has no window at all. You pay for a window seat and get a blank wall panel. 12A is the next-worst: its window is misaligned with the seat, so you're craning backward or forward to see out, and it's over the wing anyway.

Note that 1D, 1E and 1F don't exist on this map — the D-E-F side of row 1 is blocked. Don't go hunting for them.

Row 20, economy, deserves a warning even though it's an exit row: 20A through 20F have the extra legroom but zero recline, because row 21 sits behind them. If recline matters, pay the same money for row 21 instead.

The wildcards

Row 1, economy, is a genuine trade-off. 1A, 1B and 1C give you extra legroom and the fastest exit on the plane, but there's no underseat storage (everything goes in the bin for takeoff and landing), the seats are slightly narrower because the tray tables live in the fixed armrests, and the forward lav and galley are right there. Same storage and width caveats apply to 2D, 2E and 2F.

Row 15, economy — 15A through 15F — has limited recline. On a two-hour hop that's tolerable; on a five-hour transcon it's the row you'll regret. It's also over-wing.

One thing that applies cabin-wide: these are Acro slimline seats, pre-reclined and shallow, with a small upper literature pocket rather than a proper seatback pocket. A laptop won't fit in it. There's no seatback screen, no Wi-Fi and no power outlet anywhere on the aircraft, so a charged phone and a battery pack are the entertainment plan regardless of where you sit.

Standard seats are 17 inches wide with 29 inches of pitch. If you're tall, the difference between row 21 and row 30 is not a small upgrade — it's the whole flight.