Ryanair and easyJet seat hack gets you more legroom on most flights

Holidays are class, but the journey to actually get to your destination can often be a pain. So what if you could ease that with one piece of inside baller knowledge?

Budget airlines Ryanair and easyJet are a popular go-to for Brits when they want to head out to sun kissed beaches or bustling cities for a well-earned holiday, owing to their often bafflingly cheap ticket prices.

That comes with the understandable caveat of not flying in the greatest of comfort, a sacrifice millions are prepared to make.

However, there's a way to bag yourself some precious extra legroom and make the journey a touch more comfortable when booking your flights with either Ryanair or easyJet if you know where to look.

How to get extra legroom when booking a flight with Ryanair or easyJet

Which? UK have laid out helpful advice on how to ensure you make your next flight a roomier one.

Simply put, they advise to 'just sit on the right' on an easyJet or Ryanair flight.

However, a little more goes into it than that.

"Take Ryanair, for example," the presenter says in a video posted to Instagram. "Almost all of their planes are Boeing 737.

"So choosing seats: D, E and F in rows 3–15 will give you the most legroom.

On easyJet, however, there are slightly fewer seats with extra legroom, as it's only seats D, E and F in rows 3–13 and only on their Airbus A321neo.

If you bag one of those seats, the presenter explains: "It will give you an extra inch of legroom compared to sitting in rows 6–17 on the left-hand side of the plane."

That's certainly not to be sniffed at. When you're sat down for a few hours, anything extra is a big boost.

How to check what plane you have

'How do I know what plane I'm booking a ticket for?' you cry. Well, it's nice and simple to find that out, too.

"All planes are different, so it's always worth checking before you book," the presenter says.

All you have to do is look up the flight by inputting the destination and date into Google Flights, which will then tell you exactly the model of plane your planned journey will be using.

If the flight is on a Boeing 737 or an Airbus A321neo, then you know exactly which seats to try and book.

However, you can also use seat planning experts to find out the exact configurations and seat maps of the plane, just to be completely sure.

Though you're unlikely to be watching a stunning solar eclipse out of an aeroplane window any time soon, some extra legroom will hopefully make any journey a touch comfier.

Certainly more comfy than Ljubisa Karović was when he ended up being ‘sucked out’ of a broken window on a Ryanair flight leaving the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki on July 10.

The 61-year-old Serbian national suffered injuries after his head and right shoulder were sucked into the hole, with his wife and two other passengers grabbing his legs.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) says this incident occurred after an engine fan blade broke shortly after take-off that sent parts flying, causing the plane window to shatter.