What would you prefer, traveling with your known ones beside you, or would you like your journey with a stranger? However, there are people who like to meet and chat with strangers while traveling. But most of us feel like sitting beside our family and friends while traveling. You don't need to worry about this if you have made your flight booking with United Airlines. We say this because United Airlines Seat Selection allows picking your favourite seat. Yes, you can reserve your seats even before boarding. Let’s learn about it.

United Airlines Seat Selection Policy

Every passenger, irrespective of ticket fare type, is eligible to make selections when it comes to flight seats. However, you can do it while United Airlines Book a Flight procedure only. 

We all know that one seat or the other will be assigned to each passenger on board. But there is a huge difference between flight selection and seat assignment.

During the seat selection process, the passengers choose or select their preferred seats. Whereas on the other hand, a seat assignment is done at the end of the airline. 

Now when it comes to United Economy flight tickets, they can select the seats, but they need to pay an extra amount for this. However, passengers with MileagePlus Premier membership can select any seats as per their preferences for free.

Right Time for United Airlines Seat Selection

So, as mentioned somewhere above, you can select your preferred seats while making flight bookings only. You need to visit the managed booking section and follow the required process. 

But in case you fail to select the seats while buying, you have the time for it until the point when 24 hours more are left in the departure of the flight. Because after this, United Airlines started assigning seats to the passengers who had done the online check-in.

How can I select My Seat on a United Airlines Flight?

Follow these steps to choose your seat on the Unites flight:

• Launch the United Airlines site on your browser.
• Hit on the ‘my trips’ section.
• Then, fill in the confirmation number and the passenger’s name. Your flight will appear.
• Then, you will see the ‘choose seat’ option. Select it, and choose your seat. You are done.

On the other hand, you can connect through the  United Airlines customer service number if you are facing any issues in the seat selection process. However, most passengers consider calling United Airlines Español for seat selection. But you can also visit the airport to do so. 

How can I select my seat on a United Airlines flight via call?

If you find it difficult to choose your favourite seat on a United Airlines flight through the official site, you can call the airline for this. Just follow the below-given process to select the seat via call:

• Dial the United Airlines customer service phone number.
• After that, you have to listen to the IVR options and click on the right key to choose the preferred language.
• Then, you have to listen to the automated voice menu again.
• Now, you will click the digit to connect to the live agent to make a seat selection on your United Airlines flight.
• When you get connected to the airline, you will hear your flight details.
• Furthermore, the airline person will perform the rest of the steps. 

United Airlines Seat Selection Fee

Members of United Airlines Mileage Plus don't need to pay any extra money while selecting the desired seats on the flight. At the same time, the other customers need to pay $9 per way to choose the seat. 

Above all, you must keep in mind that it's not at all important that United Airlines will allow the seat selections as always demanded. It depends only on the availability of seats. So, if you are strict with the seat selection, hurry up and not wait until the last moment.