It doesn't go away it's added to the cost of your fare on display at the top of the page. The OP knew exactly what they were being charged but chose to proceed and then dispute it later. It's a good improvement this new legend but OP was not deceived.
Actually during the booking process when you click on the seat the price comes up, then you hit ok. The price for the booking then updates but the seat legend remains the same.
I think it's a good move by the govt this time. We need a viable and profitable Rex operating regionally and hopefully even restoring some old routes. Fares are already astronomical regionally and letting QFLink be the sole operator on a lot of routes where they do cross over is not a good...
Used to be a nice reliable A330 run the old QF497 timing at 22:05 now called QF499 at 22:00 and usually a 737. I enjoyed those quiet A330's back in the day, plenty of seats in business available
I used this promo and the up front economy x seats priced as full price but I booked the exit rows as those were the ones that were $15. OP is in the wrong here and needs to just leave it at that.