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  • They’re not calling people dumb for not knowing, they’re calling them dumb for not investigating. If you hear a wild claim, you should investigate. This shouldn’t still work because most of us here know it’s been a running joke for at least 20 years in the US with continuous anti-Muslim and anti-middle-easter/Arabic sentiment and bills post 9/11.

    It shouldn’t be incredibly confusing, either. It’s fine to not automatically know that Amerocan/English refers to “western Arabic numerals” as simply “Arabic numerals” in shorthand. I didn’t. That’s why I briefly researched it when you said you had a different set of numerals in a region. Since I don’t know exactly what to look for to validate my own searches, I genuinely asked you if what you learned matched what was in the Wikipedia page. I have no direct experience.

    People use shorthand all the time. It makes things confusing. I didn’t know a “convection oven” was actually a “forced convection oven” until this year. In my head, it wasn’t something I ever questioned because all my ovens have had the primary heater at the bottom, meaning convection would carry hot air upwards. Turns out, FCOs have a fan at the top to force better circulation. Surprise, this revolution of air fryers? They’re just countertop [forced] convection ovens. Similarly, I have a gripe with people customizing cars with “coilovers”. The majority of cars already have coil[spring]-over-[shock]s, but what they mean is “adjustable coilovers”. It’s a carryover from when cars did NOT have the various coilover designs as standard. Shocks outside coil springs, leaf springs, torsion springs, etc.





  • That’s why I gave you row 55 pricing. It’s 2nd from the back, the rearmost row with all 9 seats available at the time of looking. I don’t know why you’re so confident there’s no window upcharge when you can clearly verify for yourself that there is, in fact, a way to get it to show you different pricing. Somehow, you’re convinced picking true basic class is not valid because it’s so poor.

    That’s a funny edit you added to the parent comment. In your very first comment, you asked “We’re [sic] are people paying extra for a window seat?” and then two different people showed you. Amazing.



  • Confidently incorrect.

    Lol I literally just checked for you. Not only is the middle seat cheaper, but the aisle seat is more than the window seat. Picked a large cross-USA trip to make sure it’d have triple seats.

    JFK-LAX
    Jan 18, 2026
    Basic as can be to make sure no upcharges were included Picked whatever flight was first
    787-9, dual aisles with 3 triple seats across.
    Aisles are the same across a row, middles are the same as well, regardless of middle triple or side triple
    Row 45 (preferred eco) Window is +$70, aisle is +$54, aisle is +$86
    Row 55 (eco) window is +$30, middle is +$23, aisle is +$36

    Meanwhile, you’re being unnecessarily condescending about wanting a window seat. It’s preference. Good for you and your jetset life. I like window seats, that’s all.



  • I rode a 787 intercontinentally for the first time earlier this year and was very disappointed by the forced tint. I was really excited to see, I believe, the arctic ice cap. Nothing. Like, I get it’s a long flight and apparently most people just take drugs and sleep, but damn. I would have shielded it with my jacket anyway.

    But even still, know how I deal with wanting to nod off when a 4am flight hits day break? A $6 sleep mask. I’m not affected by windows, reading lamps, the crew flicking the lights for fun, that one person typing in Word at full brightness on a red eye flight, or people using flashlights to search their bag.


  • [Editing for everyone else rolling by: I just checked, middle was cheapest, window was mid price, aisle cost the most. Original comment continues:]

    90% sure the middle seats are cheaper when I book United directly. I fly 6 trips a year and am a window addict. I don’t know, doesn’t matter how often I fly, I stare out the window. It’s fascinating every single time. I also don’t have to get up much, so I enjoy not being bothered for everyone else’s bathroom trip. My SO will pick the middle seat, which is why I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it be cheaper.

    I have also been burned with a wall seat. I got it on some Embraer (175?) where it was 2 seats each side, I think row 10 on one side and 12 on the other were walls.

    I will acknowledge the aisle seat may be better on this new-to-me annual 15 hour flight where the 787 windows were tinted the whole time anyway. Sub-8 hour flights are fine, but the slow creeping of claustrophobia is real on that flight.