If I book reward travel in Economy cabin on united flight, using Aeroplan as the currency [ cheapest possible reward bucket ], do I get free seat selection, be it either regular economy or econmy Plus? I have Star Alliance Gold status.
Presently it wont let me select any type of seat without a charge.
Many thanks for anyone who may have experience with this
Parter awards (and UA MP awards) have free access to regular economy seats (about 1/3 of economy seats) (and are not basic economy tickets). Non-UA *G do not have free access to E+ (about 1/3 of economy). Additionally UA has a portion of regular economy called preferred economy (about 1/3 of economy) which have an advance selection fee but become fee at check-in to all. (the 1/3,1/3, 1/3 split varies by fleet type)
What you may be experiencing is all the free anytime seats are gone and just the preferred which become free at checkin and E+ never free to non-UA *G are remaining.