Originally Posted by
jamesn00
I'd rather have no seat assignment than a bad middle E- seat assignment. I'm not sure there is a worse seat you could be assigned at check in.
I suppose the only risk is getting VDBed but personally I'd take the risk and try to remove my seat assingment.
I can't have agreed with you more and this is exactly what I did. I called the US international hotline and asked if they would "release" the seats but unfortunately she couldn't/wouldn't/can't be bothered..whatever. Then I asked her to take me out of the pre-assigned 39E (I confirmed by checking on united.com) as i also think that there's no worse seat than the back of the plane and stuck in the middle 5. As my booking is confirmed and I will check-in early with my *G status (and my DEN-LAX flight is on time), hopefully UA would not VDB me.
Thank you to all of you guys.