Originally Posted by
demosthenes1
This issue is another reason I get annoyed when upgrades don't clear at the expected window. I know I have to babysit my reservation as long as upgrades haven't cleared because I fully expect to have to change my seat assignments as soon as an upgrade does clear. I know, a first world problem, but I truly do care about seat assignments. This system forces me to spend time and energy to get what I want--not very customer friendly.
This is actually a difference between United and PMUA. PMUA didn't use to assign seats when a UDU cleared. You had to log in and do it. But now that there is an algorithm (front to back) that does it, two 1K companions travelling together on different locators have a much harder time of getting seats together because even if you log in right away after a sweep, the algorithm has already put pax in seats, and thus the cement has set.