Did US recognize my Star Silver Status?
Aug 31, 2012, 8:23 am
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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?
Last edited by flyingfkb; Aug 31, 2012 at 2:25 pm Reason: Typo
Aug 31, 2012, 8:58 am
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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.
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.
Aug 31, 2012, 10:18 am
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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".
Aug 31, 2012, 6:20 pm
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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.
Sep 1, 2012, 9:54 am
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Sep 1, 2012, 8:28 pm
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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.
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.