Travel plans, and an inconvenience

[redbird]

cattitude and I are going to Montreal next month, to see papersky, rysmiel, and zorinth.

When I went to Travelocity last night, they offered me the exact same flight at two different prices--it's an Air Canada flight, but was $10 less per person as the United codeshare. I took it (and then the Travelocity fee was half that difference).

It now transpires that United can't change the seat assignments that were made automatically, and Air Canada won't because I didn't book through them. Furthermore, the AC agent hung up on me after saying this. (Travelocity says they can't help, talk to the airline.)

I may try United again later: they gave us just what I want on the outbound, but an unsatisfactory seat for cattitude on the way back.

I should have booked directly through Air Canada, I think. (The other airlines available either wanted a lot more money, didn't have direct flights, or both.)