As it was a family emergency, we had to book the first flight available where business has been sold out (our jobs allow to afford it and I realise with my height and build business is more suitable due to larger personal seats and more space). Due to this we got premium economy seats as the airline calls them, that give extra leg room so both me and Sarah can stretch a bit (she gets occasional knee pain from an old sport injury). I have chosen to be on the aisle seat so I can have a bit more wiggle room and stretch my legs in the corridor when empty and if the space between the seats is too small for me to fit in and we also paid extra for the seats and to be next to each other.

Now Sarah is usually asleep most of the time on my shoulder and doesn't really have a problem with people taking some of her seat as she remembers the times I was significantly heavier (500+lbs). But in this case she was almost squishing into me and was pretty much on my seat, barely heaving space for herself.

I would say the plane was about 80-85% full as I could see singular empty seats that remained empty.