Originally Posted by
ascaridole
I booked this trip several hours earlier than I would've preferred because of the 781, and now I've been relegated to an E- middle seat, which seems crappy even by UA standards

UA has a truly unique ability to needlessly antagonize its customers with random downgrades to E- middles.
Why not just respect the original seat assignments during the transition period? By definition, anyone who was in a P+ seat was Gold or higher (or companion), or paid for E+.