Originally Posted by
nologic
My question here is what is allowed for the traveling companions of OW Emeralds? I have a pending flight where I was able to reserve a seat in Row 1A on a 747, which is blocked off for Golds and OW Emeralds, and 1K on a 777, but was unable reserve a currently open seat in Row 1 on either segments for my wife, traveling on the same itinerary. I've never heard of privileges for OW elites where the same privilege wasn't accorded a traveling companion?
On a similarly frustrating note, I was unable to reserve a seat near me for my wife on BA in CE because her itinerary was on a separate record and they were unable to link the two, or override the system, which AA has been able to do for me previously.
1) This is well documented and discussed. Purely Emerald only in 1AK in advance.
2) Call BA and try again. They need to TCP your booking and put a seating request in. This is possible for Emeralds (only). Have a search for 'tcp link' or similar and many threads should turn up.