Originally Posted by
Globaliser
If you are only after seat maps, I don't think you have to pay for EF.
FWIW, there are only about a dozen seats allocated at the moment, and economy booking classes are 9 all the way down to both O and G - but this far from the flight that means very little so far as predicting the future is concerned.
Not seat maps, fare class availability. This will be my only worthwhile flight of the year. My domestic flying always allows free seat selection. BA is the first international flight I'd have to pay for seats that I've ever seen.