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Have you ever tried buying two seats in economy? Tell them your size dictates the need for two seats. I know it won’t change the legroom much, but it will at least give you some room to shift around and not have someone right on top of you.
Interesting. While not ideal, that might be worth looking at. Sitting "side saddle" a bit into the second seat would probably help.
It depends on the airline, but I've read this is no guarantee. Passengers can get asked to move and give up the extra (paid) seat if the airline deems a need. I wouldn't try this on an airline I didn't have some status on. I'm sure we've all checked in and found our carefully selected assigned seats got swapped before we boarded.
I don't think there's any real trick other than stalking prices. But it would help to put all your eggs into one airline, to accrue status faster rather than spread it around.
I think the “trick” is to work with the airline directly. I haven’t done it, but I know a person who has to have two seats (very large person). She calls the airline and books it directly. I think at some level, this is like an ADA issue and I don’t think it’s that easy to just take the seat away.