Originally Posted by
christep
What makes you think that? It is not listed on the
FF benefits pages at the Oneworld site and I have never seen any individual airline claim that it was so. This is in the same category as priority baggage handling for other airline OW Elites - you might like to think that it's a defined benefit, but it isn't.
Pre-reserved preferential seating is a benefit of OneWorld
Status according to the
OneWorld website. Now there is a * in that information that says "In accordance with the individual policy of the oneworld member airline operating the flight."
Now the OP's expectation of Advanced Seat Rerservation and OneWorld's meaning of Pre-reserved preferential seating may differ, as may AA's and CX's individual policies.
But I do believe it is correct to say that pre-reserved preferential seating is a benefit of OneWorld
status.