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Originally Posted by Sneezy

Not totally true. Once you're within 24 hours of flight time and can check in online, you can go through the online checkin process, change your seats, then click on the "Log out" link.

Your newly selected seats will be saved, even if you don't actually check in.

Excellent point, and an omission on my part. But it's not nearly as user-friendly as, say, AA.com, which let's you see the seat map anytime and switch your seats willy nilly.

But I thought you could not do EasyCheck-in online for international itineraries, only wholly domestic ones.

I could not check in online for my recent PVG-IAD trip. The response was that I had to check in at the airport for an international flight.

Also, my husband had 24,242 miles when he was taking a later PVG-IAD flight. He simply asked at the gate and the agent switched him to E+ as there open seats.

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Originally Posted by SylviaCaras

I have no UA status. I am flying SJC IAD. If the machine check-in offers purchasing E+, and I accept, will I get to chose seats, and refuse if they aren't acceptable (aisle only, please)? Will the same option be offered if I check in with a person? On the web?

I will have 24, 840 miles when I board IAD FRA (744) in November. Am I correct that 25K allows me to select E+ ? Might they allow E+ if I ask?

May I select E+ for the return when I arrive in FRA?

Sylvia, new to perks from United

Don't know if you've already flown the SJC-IAD trip, but if not, and if you have some time flexibility, you might want to consider doing SJC-LAX-IAD instead of the non-stop. That will give you an extra 388 miles (500+2288 instead of 2400), and put you over the top for 2P prior to your IAD-FRA flight, allowing you E+ access in advance, and won't have to worry about asking at the gate.

Just make sure that once you've reached 25K miles, call reservations and have them re-enter your MP number so you're new status is reflected in the PNR.