Originally Posted by kinchai

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.