british airways free seat choice at check in

Everyone can choose british airways seat FREE of charge at check-in,
from 24 hours before departure.
You can also choose seat as soon as you've made your booking.
Use ba seat choice guide to find out if it's free for you or if there's a charge.

http://www.britishairways.com/travel/mmbseatingpolicy/public/en_gb
You can also wait until check-in to choose your seat, which is free for everyone from 24 hours before your flight departs.
No free or paid seating is available on ba.com between 25 to 24 hours before departure due to operational reasons. you need to Pay $15 to choose economy class seats from the time of booking up to 25 hours before departure.for busines class club world seats you need to pay $90
for Premium Economy world traveller plus class you need to Pay £25/€30/$38 to choose your seats from the time of booking up to 25 hours 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.)
At 24 hours before departure online check-on opens and free seating will then be available.
Certain corporate deals have access to seat choice for free. Please refer to your corporate travel agent for more information.
Prices quoted are correct as at 9 February 2010 and are subject to change. This fee will be converted from GBP into local currency where applicable.
For operational reasons, we might not always be able to accommodate your seat request when you make your booking, even if you are entitled to select a seat free of charge. If this happens, you will be given your seat number at the airport.
You cannot pay to choose your seat if:
you are travelling on a flight operated by BA CityFlyer, a British Airways franchisee, codeshare or alliance airline partner.
your booking has not been ticketed, e.g. if you're travelling on a cruise or packaged holiday and have not yet received confirmation of your ticket numbers from your agent.
your booking has been made through another airline.