Just tried upgrading my seat on United for my flights to Israel today. After being told I could pay $39 for premium seating (which is horse crap to begin with), I change my seats to the window seats I had been looking for and proceeded. United then tried charging me $208.00 for the \""upgraded\"" seating option as apparently not all \""premium seats\"" are created equal. Back to the middle seats for me as I have no patience for thieves and cheats.