We have all three record locators, and have tried the AA website. It says:

"This reservation cannot be changed online because it includes travel outside the United States, Puerto Rico and/or US Virgin Islands. Please contact AA Reservations for assistance."

We are flying DUB-ORD-DEN, and the same in reverse. All on AA (or American Eagle) metal, but for some reason the flights at the price we booked have got IB flight numbers. I spent a long time on the phone with a very helpful AA agent, but she said there's nothing they can do - we have to wait until checkin.

I just wondered whether this was really the case - as I said above, both of us have eligible status (Emerald and Sapphire) on OneWorld and we're being told we can't choose ANY seat until checkin, let alone one of the Main Cabin Extra ones. I am not entirely sure what the point of having this status is if we can't choose seats before anyone else!

It's partly our fault for going for the cheap flight (£370 total each) without looking into the implications of the IB flight numbers, but we could have flown with UA for less. We chose this option because we thought we'd be able to pick the better seats.

If anyone knows whether there's anything we can do to get the MCE seats I'd really appreciate it.