Originally Posted by
carrotjuice
Yes OWE still has to pay for bulkhead or extra legroom seats in Y at the time of booking.
But MH will give them for free to OWEs as priority at the time of counter checkin.
You don’t have to pay to use the lounge (including their F lounge in KUL) even when travelling Y.
I flew KUL-BKI recently and was told differently.... no preferred seats for Oneworld Emerald's. I asked about this and instead agent said no and seated me in the LAST row of the plane. The preferred seats / exit rows evidently open up "1 hour" before the flight. So ultimately I asked to move to an exit row exactly 1 hour ahead of departure time at the gate and was then granted request.
So unfortunately no seating benefits for OWE... at least not in my experience.