This is of course entirely the correct way to do things as there's only 2 seats in the nose. You couldn't fit 4 in, so you were surely only obeying the laws of physics

Indeed, I fell foul of my misunderstanding of the rule myself albeit on a much lower scale when a few years back as a newly minted Gold I called up to get seats for our friends who had decided to join us on a short Euro hop, only to discover the same cabin requirement. It's actually a great benefit (I find) even within the restrictions, we used it often for our travelling buddies, til they became Silver on their own.