Originally Posted by
craigthemif
OW elites should be allowed seat selection, but not for your friend on a different PNR. You might be lucky if you call IB but don't count on it. Sometimes IB has a problem recognising elite status from programmes such as QR.
Actually, you should have booked your friend into the Optima fare. (seat selection + luggage) And you into the Basic, because OW elites get a free bag even on IB Light fares. That way, you friend could have chosen a seat for free and you could have used your status to choose the adjacent seat.
Yes, you can book via BA and pay a lower cash amount. You'd get exactly the same benefits. However cancelling a BA award is more expensive than cancelling an IB award, if it comes to it...
Thank you for the answer, I guess that my friend with Optima will just get the basic seat offered, I am trying to get the emergency exit.
My friend booked via BA Avios our 2 tickets MAD-TFS on Iberia Express, then I used Finnair to put my QR Number and RJ to select both Emergency exit
For my paid flight Europe to MAD, I still can't book any seat (even for myself) on Iberia without paying, and the PNR is working only on Iberia (5 letters/numbers instead of 6) is not recognized on OneWorld affiliate airlines, I will try to call to have the seat added (maybe for both with some luck?), will pay for the second one or at worst or I will ask for the (6 letters/numbers) Amadeus PNR and do the job by myself.