Hi everyone,

Having booked myself a leisure trip to Istanbul a coupled of months ago, I've been gladly offered by my friend to join me, so we booked her on the exact same dates and flights.
After some reading on ba.com and this forum, I came to realise that it was not possible anymore to merge our bookings, but she could still enjoy my Gold benefits at the airport as a guest (like First Wing and First Galleries access).

However, I would like to select seats for her, and from what I understand it should be possible if I ring BA. So that's what I did and I have been told that I could not book her seat for the outbound as we weren't in the same class of travel (she is in Y and I'm in J); and that for the inbound (we're both in J) I could select a seat for her but not in the first row, so I had to move from 1F further back.
From my understanding, I should be able to select her seat even if she is in economy (as it's stated on BA.com that class of travel doesn't matter as long as we are in the same flight), and I thought the first row was reserved for Gold members only for long-haul, and just 1A & 1F actually (again that's what appears to be stated on ba.com).
I raised my points to the operator and she told me she would raise it to her manager and come back to me within a couple of days.

Just wanted to have your thoughts on that, am I unable to select seats for a friend in the same flight as Gold member?

Thanks