Originally Posted by
Bacardi 151
Was this ever resolved? Same thing with me, booked United and received a 016 ticket number prefix, the flight includes some "Air China" segments which is actually Hong Kong airlines. They tell me the only way to do it without paying extra $$$ is to visit the Airport counter. That will be quite an adventure since I'm near LAX and I'm not 100% sure if they'll actually do this before the check-in window
So for my trip, I got it schedule changed to OZ flights which were a lot easier to deal with for seat assignments, though not as good as United operated flights.