Apologies if this has been covered previously, but I have a question regarding seat selection and AA status.
I've got my family of 5 (two children, though at 2 and 4 not infants) booked in Club World MSY-LHR in September.
I understand there is a fee to be paid if I have no status to select seats, but BA.com is not showing me even the option of selecting the seat for a fee. When I go to Manage My Booking It says only "seat choices are only available at check-in."
Is this common for it not to even be an option, or does anyone suspect that will change as it gets closer?
I was also considering doing a status challenge to Platinum with AA, which would give me One World Silver once I get within 3 months of departure. If I do that, and get One World Silver status, will I instantly have the option to select seats?
I know that BA policy is to at least make sure that one adult is assigned a seat with each child on my booking, but obviously I'd prefer to have us all in proximity.