Originally Posted by
unseen3475
Unfortunately, I'm flying Economy (X) with no elevated status on either United or AirNZ. I already tried the AirNZ support chat to express my disappointment about the fees, but they weren't able to budge. So, it definitely sounds like I'll have to just suck it up and pay the seating fees to ensure we all sit together.
If a UA ticket what can they do. UA is your travel agent here and travel agents can normally perform seat select for you.