I'm a gold card holder with BA, and do a lot of long haul sectors each year with them. I always pre-select a seat,wasn't one of the benefits of being a "valued" frequent flyer first choice on the seat selection? Does this mean that now in addition to paying a premium for flying BA I have to stump up additional cash to get the seat I want?
No, the charge is not applied to Gold Card holders. Given the understandable outrage by those affected, premium BA flyers might actually find request seats become more available.