Jaunted

$50 for 38 inches

sounds like a pretty good deal

this is a good idea but...

I wonder if they were beta testing this yesterday.  I was in row 9 on a VA flight from LAX to JFK when some latecomer grabbed the middle seat.  He sat down and tried to recline his seat, to no avail, and the girl next to him said "they don't recline, exit row" and the dude LOST IT.  I mean really lost it.  He threw something at the seat back that bounced into row 8 then said "my apologies" to the girl and went back to his original seat.

Anyway, so buyer beware -- row 9 gets you extra leg room, but not a reclining seat -- still a really good deal with all the other perks IMHO.

Oh, and way more important, you may have to witness a row 9 passenger tantrum.  Luckily the tantrum was done in less than 30 seconds.

Exit Rows on Virgin America Airbuses

Just to clarify that Virgin America flies Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft.  On the A319's (used mostly between the shorter haul west coast cities ie; San Diego - San Francisco) the emergency exit row is row 8.  These seats DO recline and are considered "premium seats".  Row 7 does not recline on the A319 because federal law prohibits any seats from reclining into an exit row, no matter what type of aircraft or what airline is flying it.

On the A320, rows 9 and 10 are emergency exit rows, however only row 10 reclines as it is federal law that the row in front of an emergency exit row cannot recline into an emergency exit row.  On the A320 rows 8 and 9 do not recline as they would both be reclining into an emergency exit row.  Therefore, row 9 on an A320 has the additional legroom of an emergency exit row but does not recline and is NOT considered a premium seat by Virgin America.  Passengers sitting in row 9 do NOT pay extra to sit in that row.  Row 10 has the additional legroom and DOES recline (into row 11) and therefore is considered a "premium seat" by Virgin America.  There is always going to be someone that is someone unhappy about their seat not reclining.  This is not a choice given to any airline but rather is federal law.  The worst rows are row 7 on the A319 because it doesn't recline nor does it have additional legroom and row 8 on the A320 for the same reason.  I hope this helps explain the mystery of the non-reclining seats in the main cabin of Virgin America's Airbuses.

Weird...

The flight attendant on our flight was telling people they could not sit in an open seat in row 9 because it was a premium row.  Anyway, this made me happy, cause I got extra leg room and no middle seat mate.  So, good to know you can get this row with no extra cost.