Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
Just in case you've not picked this up from the other posts here, there is a new bug that is showing charging for ALL status (including Prems) during the booking process Book My Flight. If you leave out the seat selection stage - which I always do anyway due to the risk of time-out - then in MMB afterwards you can select seats for free. BAEC agents here, via PM and in face to face discussions have made it clear that BA regards this as a bug, not a feature.
I made a booking on Monday and called as it was asking me to pay for seats and the agent said exactly the same. I went into MMB and chose exit rows in ET out and back.