Why does United keep changing my pre-assigned seats?
Mar 14, 2008, 8:49 am
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Why does United keep changing my pre-assigned seats?
Can anyone help me understand why United keeps automatically changing my pre-assigned seats. On a recent trip back from LHR my seat was changed from 17C on the day of travel, yesterday my upgrade to NRT cleared so I grabbed 15H, this morning it was changed to row 6. Am I doing something wrong, or is it just the lovely United web site, its only started to happen this year.
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Mar 14, 2008, 9:08 am
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There is a long-standing thread here on the UA board entitled:"Check your itineraries".....
The reason is b/c changes like this, when caught early enough can be rectified.
Best, Dave
Mar 14, 2008, 9:28 am
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No, no changes at all, thats what is puzzling me.
Mar 14, 2008, 9:30 am
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Mar 14, 2008, 9:33 am
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I found the same thing happening with me a while back. It was not UA, but rather my travel agency. Most travel agencies have a program that crawls through all their customer's records once a day and looks to see if seats are available that better fit the type of seat you request in your profile. For example, I had aisle seat in my profile. However, on a 747, my favorite seat is a window: 15A, which is the best seat on the plane. Every night, the system would switch me to 6B, an aisle, but one of the very worst seats on the plane. It look me a while to finally figure out what was happening.
Mar 14, 2008, 10:31 am
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Twice last week. Moved me from 2B to 1C. Bulkheads just don't work on 73's witha lot of carryon. And no; no FAM.
Mar 14, 2008, 10:36 am
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Same thing that Blueman states happened to me. My travel profile at the agency we work through has a preference for bulkhead, so when I selected 15A, the next day it would be the bulkhead seat downstairs. Had to remove the preference to fix the issue. -chris
Mar 14, 2008, 10:38 am
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I found the same thing happening with me a while back. It was not UA, but rather my travel agency. Most travel agencies have a program that crawls through all their customer's records once a day and looks to see if seats are available that better fit the type of seat you request in your profile. For example, I had aisle seat in my profile. However, on a 747, my favorite seat is a window: 15A, which is the best seat on the plane. Every night, the system would switch me to 6B, an aisle, but one of the very worst seats on the plane. It look me a while to finally figure out what was happening.
Mar 14, 2008, 11:05 am
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I book on .bomb, not a travel agency. Happens to me. ????
Mar 14, 2008, 11:32 am
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This just happend to me on SFO-Beijing. I had 15G and now no seat assignment. All booked through united
Mar 14, 2008, 11:41 am
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Ahh, I guess I better keep checking then..
Mar 14, 2008, 12:15 pm
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Mar 14, 2008, 12:39 pm
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Can anyone help me understand why United keeps automatically changing my pre-assigned seats. On a recent trip back from LHR my seat was changed from 17C on the day of travel, yesterday my upgrade to NRT cleared so I grabbed 15H, this morning it was changed to row 6. Am I doing something wrong, or is it just the lovely United web site, its only started to happen this year.
Mar 14, 2008, 5:26 pm
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Can anyone help me understand why United keeps automatically changing my pre-assigned seats. On a recent trip back from LHR my seat was changed from 17C on the day of travel, yesterday my upgrade to NRT cleared so I grabbed 15H, this morning it was changed to row 6. Am I doing something wrong, or is it just the lovely United web site, its only started to happen this year.