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Old Sep 16, 2019, 10:35 pm
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zombietooth
 
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Originally Posted by TravelLawyer
I have flown on many airlines (was formerly UA 1p or 2p for many years pre-merger) and have never “lost” my seat assignment without a reason. Typically on AA when they have aircraft changes. Are you saying you commonly lose your seat on UA for worse ones without a reason? Upgrades are a different reason altogether and those make sense. I’m just confused why non-upgrade lost seat assignments are so common for you.
Perhaps you should read through these threads. Hundreds of us have experienced this. It was very frustrating for a while to get booted out of a prime seat with no reason. Yet, I never lost my cool. Things are better now.

See here:

Random seat changes to UA itineraries after they are booked & purchased [ARCHIVE]

Random seat changes to UA itineraries after having an assigned seat [Consolidated]
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