What's your weird travel habit or preference? I get irrationally happy when I can sit in 1A.

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I always look around and think "hm so these are the people I die with"

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1A is not the best because the door stays open when everyone's boarding and it's freezing in the winter. 2A is where I get all giddy.

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That's not irrational. It's the best seat on many aircraft.

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Let's so it 😀

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*do

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Irrational OCD when traveling but not so much at home. Major germ-o-phobe.

OP be my friend and trade seats with me. Somehow always end up in 1A, and the very thought gives me anxiety because of the ever present lack of bag stowage.

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