Originally Posted by
profh
Shouldn't we be able to somehow parlay our AA status on a codeshared flight to select our seats free of charge
Free seating is not a oneworld benefit.
The oneworld benefits are listed here:
http://www.oneworld.com/ffp/oneworld-benefits
There is no requirement for a oneworld airline to provide benefits over and above those prescribed benefits that they provide to their own status customers.
A oneworld airline may provide additional benefits to their own status customers (eg AirBerlin Silver members which are oneworld Ruby), but not extend this to all oneworld Ruby members.
Some airlines do extend some benefits to both their own status customers and the equivelant oneworld tier, above the oneworld benefits.