(thanks mods for moving my query into the related thread)
Originally Posted by
ASELdriver
Welcome to FT, and congratulations on your upcoming status change!
Based on a recent thread on the same topic (
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...st-flight.html), checking in with LH and then attempting to select a seat on UA for the next flight may cause problems.
If you are not worried about checking in with LH at exactly T-24, then you will probably have better luck waiting until T-24 of your FRA-SFO flight. At that time, use UA.com ("view my reservation", not OLCI) to select an E+ seat for FRA-SFO. After that is done, then proceed to check in with LH for PRG-FRA.
OMG thank you so much - I *never* would have figured this out myself. I didn't see my flights on UA.com and had checked in with LH at T-24, but happily they have an un-checkin option on their site, so I did that, then went back to UA.com, searched for my record locator, and selected an E+ seat by editing my reservation, then back to LH.com and re-checked in, and now I have an e-boarding pass from LH that shows an E+ seat for FRA->SFO. Not counting that chicken until I'm luxuriating in my extra <=5 inches of legroom with no IFE or power (I just love the 747 fleet that flies the SFO<->FRA route), but it looks good!
Can't wait to be UA*G so this becomes a non-issue.
Thanks again!
Best regards,
Adam