Originally Posted by
dg252
That's annoying. I chose to fly CO as I knew I would be *G by the time I flew and knew that CO would be in *A by then. What about using an Amex Platinum?
Any chance that as a *G I will be able to call up in advance and reserve a 'preferred' Economy class seat?
A US-issued AmEx PLT doesn't rate access to the SkyTeam lounge today so I doubt it would permit access once CO doesn't really have a stake in the lounge.
You should be able to get the preferred seats other than the exit row.