Does QF silver status allow earlier seat selection on BA?

[Kceips]

Our family is flying BA in Jan. Can PS access seat selection on BA prior to the usual 24 hrs - and if so do we need to use the BA or QF website?? Thanks.

 

[simongr]

QF PS is Oneworld Ruby which is not a tier that BA have or really recognise. However they do provide early access to seat selection - up to 7 days before travel.

The seating policy is here:

British Airways - Seating guide

You will need to click through a couple of things to find your options.

Note that seat selection will need to be done through the BA manage my bookings site.

 

[Kceips]

QF PS is Oneworld Ruby which is not a tier that BA have or really recognise. However they do provide early access to seat selection - up to 7 days before travel.

The seating policy is here:

British Airways - Seating guide

You will need to click through a couple of things to find your options.

Note that seat selection will need to be done through the BA manage my bookings site.

Thanks Simongr. Getting seat allocation a little early may help to keep us all together and away from the very back.

 

[simongr]

If it is very important then you can pay for seat selection.

 

[serfty]

QF PS is Oneworld Ruby which is not a tier that BA have or really recognise. However they do provide early access to seat selection - up to 7 days before travel. ...

Note that BA have recently introduced a Bronze Tier (≡ oneworld Ruby).

Executive Club - Bronze membership - British Airways

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[TD]Executive Club Bronze/ oneworld Ruby members
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[TD]Free seat choice from 7 days before departure (except exit row seats).
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[TD]Pay from £25/€30/$38 to choose your seats from the time of booking up to 8 days before departure.
Pay £50/€60/$75 for exit row seats between 14 and 4 days before departure. (Children under 12 years cannot sit in exit row seats.)
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[simongr]

Wonder if they will introduce paid Lounge memberships next

 

[Kceips]

If it is very important then you can pay for seat selection.

I have had a look at BA manage my booking (logged in via my husbands login as he has Silver status). Option of paying for seat selection was greyed out and I could not select this option. Don't know if has something to do with flight being LONE fare ticketed with Qantas???

 

[sarvowinner]

We fly at least 4 times a year between LHR and Milan, Pisa or Rome on BA. Some have BA and others have QF tickets. Each time I choose our seats at the time of booking and check regularly on the Qantas and BA websites. Everytime, when we check in, the requested seats disapppear and we are allocated cough seats.

 

[Princess Fiona]

I have had a look at BA manage my booking (logged in via my husbands login as he has Silver status). Option of paying for seat selection was greyed out and I could not select this option. Don't know if has something to do with flight being LONE fare ticketed with Qantas???

If the seat is on QF ticket stock then you cannot select seats. QF/BA both aware of this but cannot do anything :evil:
This anomaly is one of the many things which QF need to fix in the JSA/codeshare with BA ( one of the others being BA Lounge access for QP members )
I'm not sure how old your children are but if under 11 BA will allocate seats together 3 days prior to your party.

 

[Kceips]

If the seat is on QF ticket stock then you cannot select seats. QF/BA both aware of this but cannot do anything :evil:
This anomaly is one of the many things which QF need to fix in the JSA/codeshare with BA ( one of the others being BA Lounge access for QP members )
I'm not sure how old your children are but if under 11 BA will allocate seats together 3 days prior to your party.

Thanks for this info. 2 of our children are under 11 and I did read on BA check my booking that seat allocation for families occurs 3 days before - I guess we just wait and see what we get.