Yup
 

Good call

Excellent. In about three weeks I'll be in this same situation, with, hopefully, the same result :)

I am on a SJD-LAX flight today. At checkin agent said as star alliance gold members we are entitled to E+ and gave us a whole row of E+ to ourselves (Now I know what the agent said is not official policy) this flight also looks to be very leisure heavy so that could be a factor.

It's still case by case at IAH. At check-in they won't move you, but at the gate they usually will if there is room available.

At LAX last week, when I checked bags for a UA flight to OGG, I asked about E+. The agent [at the elite check-in] had to ask a colleague if I was eligible and the answer was yes.
On my return from OGG, I again asked at the counter and was offered E+.

CO Plat, went from ORD-MSP yesterday on UA metal, asked really nicely for E+ and was told they have to sell it to me for $19. Gate agent called the flight full even though it wasn't going to be (tons of upgrades). Once everyone was seated (E- was completely full), and with a number of E+ seats empty, the FA announced an offer of E+ for the same $19.

I did two award tickets on United to Japan with my GF a few weeks ago. I tried some rep surfing for fun. The girl at checkin, 2 different reps at the DEN RCC, 1 rep at the SFO RCC, and gate agent all said I had to pay. Eventually, I talked the gate agent into giving me a free upgrade to E+ and just charging my GF. I figured 50% off wasn't half bad on a long flight. It was much nicer than being near the bathroom and we had the whole row to ourselves.

So, haggling can potentially work if there are 2 of you.

I flew SEA-ORD today and I noticed that my full itinerary got upgraded to E+ without my asking so I assume that UA is starting to automatically upgrade CO status members. I'm CO Plat. Anyone else finding the same thing?

I flew BWI-DEN-SEA about a month ago. Automatically upgraded to E+ at check in for BWI-DEN. DEN agent told me I had to pay to get the upgrade to E+ for DEN-SEA (and of course that was a 757 :()

So I think the moral is there is still no reason to the upgrades. Unless because I'm CO Silver i only get 1 leg upgraded. LOL

The Sky is Falling!

I bought a UA ticket that contained CO codeshares and the COMPUTER automatically assigned me seats in the coveted CO 'premium seating' section :rolleyes: of coach. Obviously shenanigans on the part of the computer systems are taking place here :D (For those worried that this 1K might actually be comfortable on a CO flight, don't worry...they were window seats and I am an aisle guy.)

I flew UA two weeks ago and at the ticket counter got the $19 story; same thing at the gate, but then about two minutes before boarding the GA gave me exit row E+ at no charge. But - again, two weeks ago - maybe they are getting this thing figured out, finally.
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Why do you ask?? Do you have a problem with the truth.

To quote a UA reservations agent: "E+ seats will fly empty before a OP Silver gets to sit in them without paying" I tried pointing out I was a *Silver too, but that was a wasted approach. CO put the panties on in this deal and allowed UA to put the pants on

E+ access is not yet a benefit for CO elites. Yes, I am critical of this because as I suggested the day before the merger was officially announced, I think CO and UA could have generated alot of goodwill for elites on both sides by implementing day of departure only reciprocal E+/ELR access prior to the full reciprocal rollout planned later this year. But until reciprocity goes offical, take any E+ seats as the gift that they are.

And don't call E+ seats an upgrade, don't want to give folks in Houston or Chicago any idears for the merged carrier's FFP. ;)

I checked in at LIH early and the UA agent says I was lucky to even get a seat because the plane is oversold, and then she proceeded to upsell me on the E+ seat. She went dead silent when I asked her, if I'm so lucky to get the seat I paid for because its oversold, how can you be upselling me an empty seat? But at least I now know that 18 empty seats is equivalent to being "oversold"

Heathrow guy has it right!
 

answered wrong post- re-posted to make sense