Hey, I got 2 unrelated questions:

1. Is there a way to avoid paying the insane seat fees BA charges? Flying Premium Economy on the 2 outbound flights, and Business on the 2 inbound flights (last flight is in CS and not CW) - maybe if someone has a status they can get seats for free? or they must be one of the pax? BA's seat fees are legit insane.
2. We have a flight from IAD to TLV with a connection of 1 hour and 15 minutes in LHR, same terminal (terminal 5) - is that enough time to make the connecting flight? (The first flight is an A380, second one is 777)

Thanks in advance!