E+ seating on United.com
 

I was attempting to book a simple roundtrip this morning on united.com, SFO-LAX-SFO. When I got to the seat selection pop-up, there were no E+ seats available; strange, I thought.

So I checked random other dates in Jan., March. No E+ seats available to me. I am Premier, have been all year - could it just be a bug? I am logged in and using my profile for the booking. :mad:

I've yet to have a problem obtaining E+ seating. Always a breeze. I'm assuming that routing is united mainline, not xpress, right (xpress would not have E+)?

Also 2P, and a random check of next weeks flights showed plenty of E+ seats available.

If you want a particular itinerary and/or don't want to pay the phone fee, you could always book it online and then call to get the seats changed, since the issue is web-site related. Or wait for the inevitable schedule change ;)

Pat

No problems here. I just looked at a random date in January. I second the notion of just booking and calling to adjust seats. Shouldn't be a problem, I do it all the time when corporate travel books my flights and I want different seats.

Most of the SFO-LAX metal is 752. BTW, the X+-jets do have a E+ section. I'm starting to see them show up on future itineraries out of FAT, our local, but just on some routes/times, mainly to/from DEN.

Pat

You are kidding!! I've been hoping - nay, praying - for this. Too much to ask for the "improved" CRJ to SFO or LAX, but FAT-DEN has always been the biggest PITA.

JR

I did look at the schedule later this month and saw at least one per day, in both directions....

I can't remember the times but my bet is it's the first CRJ of the day, meaning early morning FAT-DEN, and late day DEN-FAT.

I agree...have flown them numerous times to connect elsewhere. Not as "fun" as the EM's going to SFO/LAX, but then the ride's a lot longer too...

Personally, I've gotten where I drive to SJC or SFO rather than fly out of FAT, unless the fare is only 20-30.00 more for the local. The car is a lot more comfortable. :)

Will definitely have to give the new X+ a try though....

Pat

You can also do a phantom booking with a fully-refundable, no-restrictions Y ticket or a standard award ticket and see what seats you can get, since those should get anyone into E+. If you see E+ with those but not your "regular" bookings, then the system isn't recognizing your 2P status.