Originally Posted by mbreuer
They do not charge extra. That said, they may be tightening up on the rules - the person in the PC Wed told me that they're no longer allowed to put people into exit rows who aren't platinum. This was for a my return flight (was < 24 hours, but OLCI wouldn't work b4 the outbound segment left). However, I was able to call the elite desk, and after explaining that OLCI wasn't working, they gave me the exit row.
That is not true. My partner and I are both Silvers and for the third time in three months, we're calling regarding our flights (January, March and now June) and always got exit rows. When we weren't Silvers (January) - we got the exit rows less than a month before the flight, and for March we got the exit rows three weeks before the flight. Two days ago, we got the exit rows for a flight in June (more than two months ahead).