You miss out then. No seat selection only on the lowest of four business class buckets. And if you have status on OneWorld, you still get seat selection.
The smart money gets QR from an Asian port through to Europe.# I’ve had it at about A$5K, business return, others have reported lower. Get an easily available SQ business award flight from Australia to the Asian port and it’s a winner.
# not VA coded, but who cares?
