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I flew on Southwest airlines recently. And while I love southwest, they didn't have any inflight wifi or power chargers at the seats. Are any other airlines more accommodating to geeks?

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Not sure if really computer related. Starting from this question, we could ask for anything: "what restaurants are geek friendly", "what cars are geek friendly", etc. But I could be wrong in my appreciation, of course. – Gnoupi Dec 29 '09 at 8:55
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SeatGuru is very useful in general, and will show if power sockets are available for each aircraft used by each airline.

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I use this site every time I travel! +1 – William Hilsum Dec 29 '09 at 0:21
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I'd be happy if my airline had this cool flight attendant, regardless of Wifi.

But otherwise from that, heard some good things about Virgin.

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yeah, Sir Richard will take us into outer space soon, that's when things get really "geeky": send mail from orbit! :) – Molly7244 Dec 29 '09 at 0:51
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I couldn't resist :-) ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20080907 – ldigas Dec 29 '09 at 1:05
Thanks for the rapping FA link :) – Isxek Dec 29 '09 at 15:47
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Judging by an article on the topic, Virgin is the way to go there. They promised free wifi on all flights, and apparently they have power sockets. Don't have personal experience though.

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Hopefully the new FAA regulations won't be enforced; they require them to turn off the wifi for the duration of any international flight. – Mark Ransom Dec 29 '09 at 4:18
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Virgin America is definitely a "geek friendly" airline. All planes are equipped with Wifi! The fact that they have power sockets at every seat only makes it better. I experienced it this past summer while going to San Fransisco. Now if only they'll fly to more places :)

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I knew someone was going to mention this. Unfortunately, Virgin doesn't fly where I live. :-( – Jason Baker Jan 1 '10 at 14:56
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considering how small the seats are on planes now, NONE of them are geek friendly.

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Actually, airlines seats are not that smaller then they used to be. It's just that humans are bigger then ever ... :( so we can't really blame the seats ;) – ldigas Dec 29 '09 at 0:18
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Among traditional US-based carriers, American is probably the most geek-friendly, since most of their planes have power ports in many seats. Check seatguru.com for the seat locations.

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I can only say from experience which airlines DON'T have WiFi and power sockets (at least not in the coach section):

  • Iberia
  • ElAl
  • Lufthansa
  • Air Corsica

That's what I, currently, remember.

Most of these flights were international.

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Singapore, in their newer fitouts (on the A380, as well as some of the older planes) have a very geek-friendly economy section - universal power supplies in every seat, plus a USB port - handy for charging gadgets, as well as (on some planes) letting you play music from your iPod through the seat headphone jack (which is a standard 3.5mm jack of course). They also feature beatifully clear 11" screens

I've had the luxury of these new/refurbished planes flying between Australian and India several times. I've also had the non-luxury of their older 747s, which have older 9" screens and lack the power and USB.

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Haven't encountered any notable airlines, but I was hugely impressed with Columbus airport's facilities when I had to spend a few hours there pre-departure. Free (and fast) wifi, power sockets in abundance and some laptop-compatible seat/desk things.

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With the new TSA regulations headed our way after the Detroit incident, it doesn't sound like ANY airlines are going to be able to be geek friendly for awhile.

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