Built because SeatGuru died.
For 24 years, SeatGuru was the site travelers checked before picking a seat. It told you which seats to grab and which to avoid, row by row, across hundreds of airlines. Then TripAdvisor let it rot for five years and shut it down in October 2025.
Three million monthly visitors lost their go-to resource overnight. The alternatives that popped up are either diagram-only tools with no seat ratings, premium-cabin-only comparison sites, or platforms with AI-generated descriptions nobody trusts.
RowHint exists to fill that gap — for every traveler, not just frequent flyers in business class.
What we cover
Economy. Premium economy. Business. First. Every class, every seat, every row. If the airline sells a ticket for it, we rate it.
We started with the aircraft Americans fly most — starting with Southwest's brand-new assigned seating system — and we're adding new airlines and aircraft every week. Our coverage roadmap is public. If we don't cover your plane yet, you'll know when we will.
Who builds this
RowHint is built by Ian Fitts, a pharmacist and product builder in New York City. Yes, a pharmacist — because attention to detail matters whether you're checking drug interactions or checking whether seat 15C actually reclines.
This is an independent project. No airline partnerships, no sponsored rankings, no affiliate deals that bias our ratings. The scores come from data and research, not revenue.
Want to help make RowHint better? Submit a seat review after your next flight. Found an error? Tell us. We'd rather be corrected than wrong.
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