Booked out on BA and back on BA codeshare in August. Out there was no problem getting the emergency exit row; back, all rows to these and one more are blocked - as are many other seats further back, including all these at the very back.

Flight wasn't that expensive, so difficult to believe that all these seats have been sold- do Finnair have a more restrictive allocation policy than BA ? In particular can emergency row seats be preselected ? If so, presumably worth checking to see if seats get released ?