Booked an international Air Canada flight on United. Any 1K benefits I can carry over via status match or Star Alliance Gold?

At a minimum, I'd like to select my seats.

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This is on me, but purchased Economy instead of Economy Basic thinking it'd be worth it just from a seat selection perspective but if there's no seat selection benefit (or checked bag benefit), what's the point of Economy over Economy Basic?

Pretty easy to research benefits. I think you’ll get extra baggage allowance and lounge access. Seat selection varies by airline. Some will let you select regular economy, some extra leg room, some no selection. Are you still within cancelation window to rebook as basic? Or why don’t you fly United?

Yea there's minimal info on AC's site about Star Alliance benefits (just has club access) and when I go to select a seat, it's saying I have to pay. Price difference between AC and United was $300 per ticket.

I'll call the 1K desk tomorrow and ask. The UA site was pretty misleading because it showed that I'd receive priority boarding and seat selection if I chose Economy, but that doesn't appear to be the case. I just booked tonight, so I have some time.

Ask the gate agent when you get there if there are e+ or upgrades available. I have gotten many upgrades on transborder from LGA-YUL and YYZ but AC has some weird rules on city pairs. YMMV

How longs the flight? May be worth paying for United especially if you use points plus for an upgrade

I had a similar situation as an AA elite on a Finnair flight. I had to call up Finnair to get seat selection for free - their website wasn’t able to recognize the status of another airline and the benefits promised.

This was a few years ago so perhaps the tech has changed. I would think it may be similar for you

Yes. Anything over gold carries to all star alliance

The benefits aren’t great, I had better status at United so would book my flights to CA through them, but quickly realized it wasn’t paying off so switch to AC only

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