Thanks. The story is even more complicated -- Continental has my name off by one digit from the way United has it, so I can't link them.

And the reservation was made at vayama.com, so there is NO mileage number whatsoever attached to the reservation. I log in to modify the seating at united.com and that's where it's tied to my no-status, but I can't attach any mileage number to said reservation...

I'm happy to call them but they seem to be a bit understaffed, I give up after 30 minutes of waiting...