British Air - !$#@@#$$#!@$#

Guess what I learned in School today:

British Air charges for advanced seat selection!
$30 for economy seats on the international flights per person, per seat
$15 for the economy seats on the inter-European flights, per person, per seat

Their policy USED to be (until Sep. 2009) no advanced seating assignment earlier than 24 hours. This is archiac, but at least it didn't leave you with a "taste" in your mouth. EVA air only allowed seat assignments 30 days prior to take-off. Other airlines are like that.

However, in 2009, it appears that BA decided to "allow" customers the "opportunity" to book their seats in advance - for this hefty fee. !@#$% though - the pricing we got for the ticket was good enough that I went ahead & paid the add'l fees to get the two seats in the row assignments in the planes where 3 is the norm. The 9 hour & the 3 hour flights, oh yes, I don't want to be sitting in the middle.