Originally Posted by
JCary
I booked 2 award tickets in Business/First from Sydney to SFO then SFO-RDU but I was not able to choose my seats. I get the alert stating "Advanced seat assignments are restricted"!! I booked my flight from RDU to SYD (AA+ Qantas) 2 weeks ago and got my seats the same day.
What's up with the United? I do not want to end up in the rear-facing seats!
If you can't do it online then call. They should be able to take care of it. I've never not been able to select seats online if they are UA operated flights so not sure why you were not allowed to.