Originally Posted by
BladePilot
Don't know of any carrier that lets you choose either emergency row seats or bulkhead seats online.
If you're entitled to pre-allocation of seats, you can choose emergency row and bulkhead seats on BA, except for the specific bassinet positions and for a handful of seats that are reserved for BA Golds only (unless, of course, you are a Gold).
The short answer is that BA Golds and Silvers and oneworld equivalents get first go at the good seats, and are often the people who know exactly which these are. That's why they're often gone by the time that online check-in opens. But family and friends who rely on getting seats when online check-in opens frequently report that they can still get decent seats. My sister and her daughter got 64AB (upper deck) in this way earlier this week.