Forgive me if others knew this, but it appears that as of late, if flying BA award tickets you now need to pay to select your seat in advance. I've never paid them in the past. We have a trip in June, trip home I booked 6 months ago in FC, outbound I booked 3 weeks ago in biz. Went to pick seats a week ago, and BA wants $180 per passenger to select biz seats in advance. The FC I had picked at the time with no fee. Called Alaska who had no idea about this policy. Unfortunately nothing they can do. She mentioned that BA just upped changed fees on them as well. So just realize that if you are redeeming on BA, it doesn't end with the fuel surcharges. :/