Originally Posted by
travelislife
I currently have Gold status with QF (OneWorld Saphire) and am looking to book BA TXL-LHR-GRU in business class award seat. I will lose my status by the time of the flight. In the meantime will I be able to select upper deck business class seats for my girlfriend (non-status holder) and I and will it hold when my status expires?
As an aside I am tossing up between BA or IB TXL-MAD-GRU, which business class would you prefer?
Yes you will currently be able to select seats for both of you based on your oneworld Sapphire status assuming you are on one booking. However BA does sometimes sweep seating allocations to check eligibility, although I think that is for a subseat of seats (Row 1 in F/J confirming oneworld Emerald status for example) so you may be ok.
If the price and schedules were the same I would consider IB on that route when travelling as a couple.