window or aisle — choosing a seat
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The question staff ask about your seat preference on a plane or train; you answer with 'a window seat' or 'an aisle seat'.
Pattern: Window or aisle? — A window/aisle seat, please.
In use
- Would you like a window or aisle seat today?check-in desk
- A: Window or aisle?
B: A window seat, please.airport
Common mistake
✗ I want the chair near window.
✓ A window seat, please.
Say 'a window / an aisle seat', not 'the chair near window'.
Don't confuse it
A window seat is by the window; an aisle seat is by the walkway so you can get up easily.