Originally Posted by jimcbob

The problem is, people do not believe it. Or do not want to have to arrange their lives around OLCI at exactly 24 hours before flying. I cannot tell you how many people it puts off BA. And the sooner BA realise it, through seeing people turning down excellent prices like this because of the seating policy, the better, frankly. I still do not accept that you cannot protect the interest of full fare or FF passengers through blocking seats until OLCI.

The point with AA, etc is that, although seat availability can be bad later on, at least you KNOW when you are booking what the state of play is when you book.