or pay for a seat with extra leg room. There are a number of options. When you buy a standard coach seat, though, you are paying for a limited amount of leg room and the ability to recline your seat. If that leg room is not enough for you, or you aren't going to let the person in front of you recline, then find a different place to sit. I don't like it when the person in front of me reclines, either, but that's the way it is when you go for the cheapest seat.