Ok, so I am learning. When I booked UA first, they had "tons" of availability. So I reserved the 2 seats for us. Then went to US, NONE. So I now just called UA and dumped my 2 seats. Called US, and poooof, they are available. I didnt get greedy..booked my one and quickly called UA. UA said "we have LOTS of availability!" So I shut my mouth, booked wifeypoo and kiddo and now im happy!

Felt like I was cheating on US, did this all from their lounge in PHL!!!