Originally Posted by
aluminumdriver
Are you saying that United is alienating you because they don't hold E+ seats for you to upgrade into?
I don't think I am following your complaint. The whole purpose of United is to sell seats, not give away their more expensive seats.
If you want E+ for sure, couldn't you purchase the seat just like everyone else is doing? I'm just not following the "alienating you " portion of your post.
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This sort of confusion is what happens as a result of UA GAs and FAs referring to E+ seating as an "upgrade"--the misnomer causes other UA employees who aren't personally responsible for assigning seats to forget that Premier members and above are entitled to free E+ seating, as one of the benefits they earned with their status. If you're a Premier, E+ is not an upgrade.
So while the reasoning "if you want a better seat for sure, couldn't you purchase it?" applies to
upgrades to F for elites, it's completely inapplicable to E+ seating for elites.