Same here Dave - This happened on about 3 of my flights.

For my Y flights I have been able to get row 9 on the 320 and 8 on the 319

Under the old scheme, Emeralds had access to some seats in CE that Sapphires et al never did. There is nothing in the OW scheme that says that Emeralds should get better seating than Sapphire ( QF doesn't offer better seating to Emeralds over Sapphire )

You are being very disingenuous about non status members. Except for those who are travelling using a corporate deal with BA, non status members can only pre-select seats when travelling in First, J/C/W or Y classes. It makes perfect sense to me for BA to offer this benefit to this set of passengers.



Most people will not be able to pre-select a seat until check in opens (e.g. a non status person on a DONE4 has no pre-seating access) . To me , this comes overall as a benefit for status passengers and full fare passengers to me.

Dave

Have you actually read and understood this thread? :confused:

Emeralds and Sapphires now have NO better access to seats than a non-status member. This thread is also not discussing the difference of Sapphire vs an Emerald seating. This thread is discussing the removal of this benefit completely.

Could I suggest in future you post something of value to the debate as I think thus far you seem to be missing the point of this thread. :)

A no status member has NO pre seating facility (except for those in 1st, J/C/W/Y and those with corporate deals )

How can you argue that Emeralds and Sapphires have no better access to seats than someone who cannot access them at all

A non status member travelling on a DONE4 cannot pre select any seat , whilst you can choose from nearly all seats

Dave

They DO have the ability to select a seat at time of booking (although this is not using BA.con).

When can we get a head banging on wall smiley? :(

Come on guy this is becoming a little personal....

Assuming they finish sorting out any seating map issues, then a non status member will have no access to pre-select whilst Sapphire/Emeralds can according to the policy. This policy is a definite plus to me as a person with status. All I may have lost is access to a cpl of AC seats in CE, but that really has zero concern to me. With many people no longer being able to select seats at all under the policy, it seems overall positive

They could definately have made a better job at implementing this policy

Dave

Exactly what I posted above - except that we are both QF WPs (OWE status). I don't like row 1 as I don't like looking at a bulkhead and having less leg stretch out room. The second row is my preference (and what I had previously selected).

BA can't use the line "you should be a BA EC gold member" as they booted out all Oz based EC members over to the QF program. Therefore QF WPs should have the same status options as their cousins in the BA program.

I contacted OW recently concerning BA's policy change and got the following response. Looks like its just taking BA a little while to get the system all worked out.

Based on that email reply, it seems that the current problems are transient and that the policy will bring rows 1 and 2 back in CE for OW Emeralds once they have sorted out this fiasco of an implementation.

Dave

Or, it being BA (cf. interline baggage transfers through LHR) maybe not.

FWIW, I received the following e-mail from OW:

Sounds like something at least is happening behind the scenes.

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I have bookings on BA in Eurotraveller, and despite having my OneWorld Emerald FF number in the booking I get the message "Seat choice available at check in". The is in contrary to the stated policy "Gold and Silver Executive Club members, oneworld equivalents, can choose their seat at the time of booking and change at any time until they have checked in."

The BA Executive Club desk said that the system does not recognize my FF number as elite.

I could not make out from previous posts whether anyone else had had success with seat allocation for BA European economy class bookings?

I can select seats, but only aft of the exit rows. :td:

Which system did you make your booking on? My travel agent made my booking, and I had to enter my own FF number using MMB on ba.com.

Maybe you made your booking on aa.com, and it transferred your status across?