Yep, I did book on aa.com.

If BA keeps screwing up every day, how long can it be called transient?

I only have some J short hauls , however I have had no issues with seat assignment other than not being able to get row 1 or 2 which is hardly a major issue; row 3 is just as good as row 2

Dave

To be honest, If I don;t have 1 A/C then 2/3 are the same in my eyes - actually I would prefer 3 I think as you can see more of whats going on :D

True enough; the only negative I have had is not being able to get row 1 ( though that may change as they iron it out ) so I am having a hard time getting worked up over the change

Dave

I'm booked into Y and on the A320 I can select any seat beginning from row 5 (except emrg exit), that means all seats in Y.
On the 744 38J I can select all seats beginning from row 25 (except emrg exits), also all seats in Y.
I booked my flight on BA.com and filled in my FF#, but somehow the status didn't transfer. I called them and asked about reserving a seat and they said that they could not do that for me, so I said that I read on their homepage that OW Sapphire should be able to reserve a seat. The agent said that my status was not registered, she removed the FF# and added it again, and now she could view the seat map but not select any seat.
The next morning I tried MMB and could select seats.
So my advice is: Make sure that your status is reflected in your booking, if it isn't, give the systems some time to update and then try to reserve a seat again.

It's easy to tell whether your status is recognised under MMB as if you click on the "at the airport" tab, it will tell you what lounge you have access to.

That's a great tip. Thanks.

However, even though it tells me I have access to the FIRST lounge at LHR, it will not let me select a seat in ET forward of row 12 on a A321.

One other note BA do not include OW elite members in their pre flight editing! so look forward to lots of hassle checking in!
QF and CX do for all OW's^
I have also had lots of times when I've known the flight to be over sold and upgrades are on the cards, where as a OW Emerald you would expect a chance even BA Blues get the seat! It is policy BA first regardless of status then OW:td:

Hmm... I wonder if we can get OW to deal with the BA lounge Dragons in MIA.

That's exactly what I have been jumping up and down about for the last two weeks!

Time to join my crusade! ;)

Count me in!

BA is probably trying to decide between giving OW members "the finger" using the left hand or the right hand.

BA has two left hands.

No advance seating and no mention of a lounge for me. :td:

My guess is that unless you book through aa.com, the BA system does not know your elite status (the same problem that BA lounge dragons have trying to verify status?).