Originally Posted by
WineCountryUA
Not quite that bad, higher fare economy and sometime award seats can be selected. See above link on LH seats.
Perhaps on nonrefundable fares but I have had some fairly pricey tickets on LH booked throigh UA and could not reserve seats regardless of my *G status. I was able to reserve seats on LH r/t FRA-DBX in January, but they are paid business class.