Originally Posted by
mrpickle
I have an idea. For you *Gs that fly United in Y often (my condolences), wait at the gate until the final boarding call so as to board the aircraft last, look for an empty E+ seat and walk up to it and plop your butt in it like you own the place. The only worries are a lack of overhead baggage space and being caught by an observant FA. If you get caught you could just pull out your BP and say you made a mistake.
Could that work?
The main risk of that is discovering that there are no E+ seats available and having to walk back into the zoo to take your E- seat to fight for overhead space with the people who brought their babies only for the carry-on allowance (I swear these people exist).
I just got off an AC77W in Y and I must say the extra 1" was amazing (first time in AC Y since I started flying UA). The flight was still torturous, but it was enough to make me seriously reconsider my TPAC flying on UA in the future. If there's no E+ left by the time I book, I'll just fly AC out of YVR.