[QUOTE=fifty_two;36286379]Then you are not a big fan of pretty much 90% of airlines cause thats what they do to their non elites /QUOTE]
Or SkyTeam... I've given up on FB Platinum after BAEC gave me a status match to their Gold. While SkyTeam has no seating benefit for STE+ (I think maybe they provide free "preferred seats" but I have found that my first row of economy preference is never available for free outside of KLM/AF). OneWorld is a lot better for alliance wide status recognition. I got front row extra legroom seats on my QR flight to AKL using my BA status. OP is FB Platinum so an alliance elite but still needs to pay for seat selection. Can't speak to Star Alliance.