US Airways Dividend Miles - Did US recognize my Star Silver Status?

I am a LH Frequent Traveler (Star Silver). I booked a transcon flight and connecting flight with US and got automatically put in one of the first economy rows and all flights. This has never happened beforer when I had no status. Is there a chance US Airways recognized my status (I entered my LH Miles&More number) and put me in the front rows or was this just luck?

Luck, although if you ask nicely at the gate, many GA will give you a preferred seat based on the polite ask rather than the *S status. I credit my US flying to UA and so am listed as *G on US flights. Presuming there's availability, have only had one GA actually refuse.

As a reminder, *A status, including *G is largely about pre-boarding amenities such as premium security, earlier boarding and the like. Not about UG or seating.

My rather limited experience is that when flying a ticket issued by another carrier but operated by US Airways, you are often assigned standard seats in the front section of the Y cabin which US normally attempts to upcharge for as "preferred".

Having *S with a partner carrier only "officially" gets you a free checked bag and and wait list priority on US. For anything else, YMMV.

Having *S with a partner carrier only "officially" gets you a free checked bag and and wait list priority on US. For anything else, YMMV.

That's correct. However, US somehow has its computer programmed to assign random "preferred" seats at no charge when the reservation is associated with *A elite status. Note that one cannot change to another "preferred" seat online without being charged, though.

LAX

If you have non-US status, you will automatically be assigned preferred seats on US flights during booking for free. If you choose a seat during booking, you will not be given a preferred seat for free. You cannot change to another preferred seat.

I got confused the other day, and left out my seat assignment on a UA flight. I got assigned a seat in the last row instead of the forward seat I was expecting. :D:td: