Fort Myers RSW Flights With The Most Legroom

This is the kind of study I care about. I'm 6' 3" and frequently take RSW flights from Fort Myers, Florida to all over the country. And each time as I ready to board I wonder the same thing - how cramped am I going to be? If you're looking for a better experience, this is the place.

There are 15 carriers that fly out of Fort Myers. We'll just focus on the main ones. And this is for general seating - obviously if you can score an exit row, that's a game changer. But it's oh so rare. So much so, that when you do score an exit row, you take pictures and post it to Insta. What a great day that was.

We turn to data from Upgraded Points, who obtained the measurements. So which carriers offering RSW flights give you the most legroom? The one with their name on the stadium in Fort Myers.

Now, don't go blindly jumping on JetBlue's website to book thinking you'll automatically get the best legroom. Based on which plane you book, there can be as much as a 4 inch difference in legroom, so you'll need to hit the "details" button during booking. Also, JetBlue doesn't have Boeing planes in their fleet, which is a big deal to some. Boeing's been in the news a little too often lately.

The Embraer 190, on average, gives you 32 inches. The ERJ190 comprises 35 of JetBlue's 292 planes. Although the study shows this plane has more room, it's an older plane and sometimes lacks some of the technology that makes flying more bearable.

If you're looking for legroom on RSW flights, avoid the Airbus A320neo which on average only gives you 28 inches. Across all A320 models, the average seat pitch comes lands at 30.1 inches. 

And who uses a lot of Airbus 320 planes? Frontier and Spirit. More than half of Frontier's fleet of 147 planes are Airbus A320s, although none of them are the A320neo. Three quarters of Spirit's planes are Airbus A320, and most of those are the A320neo. If you ever flew Spirit and felt cramped, well, maybe you were. Here's how Upgraded Points showed the measurements:

When choosing RSW flights, whichever the carrier, you can click on the "details" button to find out which airplane will be used for that flight. Whether or not this figures into your decision is up to you. But at least you won't be surprised when you get there.

Vacations and travel are supposed to be fun right?  What could be worse then getting to your destination to find that your luggage has been lost? No one wants to wear their plane clothes any longer than they have to.

Unfortunately, it's happening all too often across the United States and apparently, especially here in Florida.

I've been a victim of lost luggage in the past and it just plain sucks.  That's all there is to it.  We spend so much time packing and planning, to make sure we've got everything we need for a trip.  Then to find out you've got nothing, and don't know when or if your stuff will ever reach you.  UGH!  Super frustrating.

With summer in full motion, the crew over at Forbes, put together a list of the worst airports in the country for lost luggage.

In order to complete the list Forbes Advisor compared the nation’s 100 busiest airports using TSA data across four metrics.

The worst airport for lost luggage isn't in Florida.  Phew! Taking the number one spot is John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.  Also among the top 10 worst were Los Angeles, Norfolk, Boston, Harry Reid in Vegas, Newark, Daniel K. Inouye in Honolulu and Dulles in Washington DC.  You can read the full study completed by Forbes here.

So, how did the 5 Florida airports rank in the top 25 worst for lost luggage?  Let's take a look

Between 2013 and 2022, Miami International Airport had the second highest number of both property loss claims and property damage claims

https://www.miami-airport.com/

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport had the ninth highest number of property loss claims over the past decade and tied for eleventh with LAX for property damage claims

https://www.fort-lauderdale-airport.com/

Only about 29% of property loss claims were fully reimbursed.

https://www.orlandoairports.net/

Just over 24% of property loss claims were fully reimbursed.

https://flyrsw.com/

Less than 20% of property loss claims were fully reimbursed.

https://www.tampaairport.com/