Originally Posted by
ashill
In addition to the other reasons stated, AA charges a fee for seat assignments over the phone on reservations not booked directly through AA. This comes up fairly often for me when I have a non-status travel companion booked on a separate reservation; in that case, I can only get an exit row seat for my companion over the phone.
Can you get an exit row seat for yourself though?
I've never booked with expedia for an AA flight, but if I did, would I be able to add it into my list of reservations (upcoming flights) on AA.com? Would I then be able to select my seat that way?