Been in your shoes numerous times, that said I always keep checking as the responsibility is on the passenger. the only time it will be on a carrier is if you were on a waitlist, but even then if you want it you better monitor it as well, all too often space will be available but the computers didnt get to it yet, hello UA BTW if the flight is listed as no biz/1st then you cant waitlist for it, you can only WL when the flight ha sit but its not available and usually thats only with that carriers metal, in this case since it was AS , I believe unless you were using AS miles no way to WL even if had Biz/1st
Since you had no choice but to book coach and you did and you got what you booked you arent entitled to any compensation. Have you ever flown Intra-Europe in Biz its all coach seats and pitch like coach, yet you pay for Biz
btw Ive seen plenty of times where say a NY-SEA-SFO is sold as Biz but its coach NY-SEA and 1st SEA-SFO especially when using miles on UA, so you get ripped off very nicely if you didnt check before hand. Be happy your very short flight was the one you had to endure in coach
Last edited by craz; Aug 29, 2017 at 2:01 pm