Originally Posted by
Often1
... call in and say that due to a schedule change, "UA rebooked me on XXX ... here is what I would really like." Have the flight numbers ready. The easier you make it, the more likely you are to get it.
I recently did just this for a sked change and had my preferred flight #s handy. But the agent told me that her screen was organized by flight times, not #s and it took a lot longer to get the changes fixed since I'd neglected to write down the departure times.