Does SAA actually recognize *A Gold?
So I have a flight YOW-IAD-JNB this afternoon. I have *A Gold, and the ticket was booked months ago, seat chosen to boot. 49K. Window.
I check in with United this afternoon for my connector and find out my seat has been bumped back to 62F- 13 rows back and a middle seat.
United counter says they can't do anything, because it's SAA's flight. I call SAA's USA offices and the agent says she can't do anything because I've already checked in. Her "helpful" advice was to get to Dulles earlier, which is obviously highly unlikely given that I don't have wings of my own.
Does SAA recognize *A Gold at all, or just Voyager members? Do I have any hope whatsoever at this point?