Jul 1, 2015, 10:41 pm
Last edit by: NoDestinations
Some common reasons for "Advance seat assignments are restricted for this flight."
- Bookings made at begin of schedule (aka 330 or so days out) --
seatmap has not yet been released.Wait a week or two and seat selection should become available - Pending aircraft change
- Bookings made within 24 hours of flight will receive this message, check in for flight to select seats
What does "Advance seat assignments are restricted for this flight" mean?
Aug 16, 2016, 2:00 pm
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Not sure if this issue has cropped up up thread but today I tried to select/reserve seats in BF for GPU upgrades that cleared the waitlist for upcoming SFO-SYD and SAN-SFO flights and was unable to do so. Received the following alert:
! Advance seat assignments are restricted for this flight. Please select a seat during check-in.
Never had this problem before but wondered if there is any workaround other than calling United.
! Advance seat assignments are restricted for this flight. Please select a seat during check-in.
Never had this problem before but wondered if there is any workaround other than calling United.
Aug 16, 2016, 4:21 pm
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Aug 16, 2016, 4:36 pm
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Aug 16, 2016, 7:14 pm
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Yes, that seems plausible for the SAN-SFO flight however, would be surprising for the SFO-SYD flight. UA only changed from 777s to 789s on that route in April but there have been constant MX issues with the 789s so who knows - maybe we will even see the 747s back!
Aug 17, 2016, 9:18 am
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Folks,
I'm having this issue on a recently changed award flight - which has been ticketed and confirmed. Any suggestions? UA CS suggest it is "random", and are otherwise unhelpful.
The only thing I can think of, is I was waitlisted on another flight in the middle of the reservation (prior to these flights), which, kept showing up - although now it has disappeared. Flights are next week, in Intl C
I'm having this issue on a recently changed award flight - which has been ticketed and confirmed. Any suggestions? UA CS suggest it is "random", and are otherwise unhelpful.
The only thing I can think of, is I was waitlisted on another flight in the middle of the reservation (prior to these flights), which, kept showing up - although now it has disappeared. Flights are next week, in Intl C
Sep 20, 2016, 9:44 am
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United Seating for 8/18/17 International Flight
I just booked my flights for next August, but United's system won't allow me to select seats for the United flights on my journey, despite booking them on the UA website. Given that the flights are nearly 11 months into the future, at what point will I be able to select my seats? Two calls to UA resulted in varying answers, the best of which was a very unsatisfactory "just keep calling". FWIW, the routing involves Copenhagen/Frankfurt/SFO/EUG. First leg is LH, other legs UA.
Sep 20, 2016, 10:04 am
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While one can book flights 330 days in advance, selecting seats and having the seat assignment stick for those flights is a known issue as "not everything has loaded into the system" yet but keep checking on a daily basis as your seat assignments should eventually stick within a week to ten days to two weeks after you've booked your ticket
Sep 20, 2016, 10:07 am
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Wow, I thought I planned in advance
It also may be due to Polaris update and UA not really knowing which plan or seating plan may be on your flight. I would just relax for a spell. August 2017 is a long ways away.
It also may be due to Polaris update and UA not really knowing which plan or seating plan may be on your flight. I would just relax for a spell. August 2017 is a long ways away.
Sep 20, 2016, 10:18 am
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That far in advance, you'll probably get your first pick of seats no matter what!
Also, in the chance that you were maybe hoping to do so, you can't pick seats on an LH flight on UA's site, even on a UA reservation. However, you can sometimes find the LH record locator in your UA reservation and look it up on LH's site to select a seat.
Also, in the chance that you were maybe hoping to do so, you can't pick seats on an LH flight on UA's site, even on a UA reservation. However, you can sometimes find the LH record locator in your UA reservation and look it up on LH's site to select a seat.
Sep 20, 2016, 10:28 am
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100% can't do LH seat assignments on the UA site, but for an intra-EU flight, does LH even allow seat selection at all? Last time I had an intra-EU segment on LH (LHR-MUC, it was a while ago, though, fall 2013, IIRC) the fact I was on 016 stock was irrelevant, there was no seat selection allowed, even if you wanted to pay for it. Maybe things have changed, but at that time, seat selection for intra-EU was only available at online check in - believe the only exception was for HON members who could do it in advance.
Sep 20, 2016, 10:37 am
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While one can book flights 330 days in advance, selecting seats and having the seat assignment stick for those flights is a known issue as "not everything has loaded into the system" yet but keep checking on a daily basis as your seat assignments should eventually stick within a week to ten days to two weeks after you've booked your ticket
Sep 20, 2016, 10:42 am
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100% can't do LH seat assignments on the UA site, but for an intra-EU flight, does LH even allow seat selection at all? Last time I had an intra-EU segment on LH (LHR-MUC, it was a while ago, though, fall 2013, IIRC) the fact I was on 016 stock was irrelevant, there was no seat selection allowed, even if you wanted to pay for it. Maybe things have changed, but at that time, seat selection for intra-EU was only available at online check in - believe the only exception was for HON members who could do it in advance.
Sep 20, 2016, 10:47 am
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Sep 20, 2016, 8:21 pm
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I just booked my flights for next August, but United's system won't allow me to select seats for the United flights on my journey, despite booking them on the UA website. Given that the flights are nearly 11 months into the future, at what point will I be able to select my seats? Two calls to UA resulted in varying answers, the best of which was a very unsatisfactory "just keep calling". FWIW, the routing involves Copenhagen/Frankfurt/SFO/EUG. First leg is LH, other legs UA.
Sep 20, 2016, 8:24 pm
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