Originally Posted by
BangkokTraveler
Related to this, I just booked an EVA itin on Orbitz and went to the EVA website after ticketing and added my UA star-gold number. It now says:
Frequent Flyer No.:
xxxxxxxxxx / United Airlines - MileagePlus / Star Alliance Gold
However, when I go to the Seat assignment, it wants to charge my for the seats I select. I thought seat selection was free for *Gold.
I may be wrong on *G. I was charged on Thai for seat selection. Eva don't charge for their Gold members for sure. I am sure I didn't pay for when I was silver last year too.