Originally Posted by
wyskevin
I encountered the same stiuation as CX elite last year.
What I did was to phone CX agent, told her my name and booking reference, as well as my travel partner's.
As long as the agent confirmed we both were on the same plane, CX could pre-select my partner's seat..
As QF Emerald, you could pre-select any seats, but your partner's seat could be only regular ones without any extra charge, like exit seats.
CX treat OW partner very well, so I suppose you would share this privilege as I did.
Free seat selection for statusless partner is now a CX Elite only privilege after post-622 changes.
You will be asked to pay if you want to select seats for other passengers under the same PNR if they don't have status.