Originally Posted by
onaswan
I arrived in GVA in plenty of time to catch an earlier-than-booked flight. Obviously, I asked if there was any chance of jumping onto an earlier flight. Although BOTH earlier flights had plenty of room, and I hadn't checked myself onto my original flight, I was told that I could change the date of my flight but not the time

. I was invited to wait in the lounge for three hours - so here I am, eating and drinking BA out of house and home, watching flights depart until it is my turn.
Surely it would not have been a problem to allow me to move to an earlier flight (even though my ticket was only flexible enough to change dates?)
Still, it gives me a chance to catch up on Flyertalk

I guess the only reason is to protect the sales of fully flex tickets. They're bound to sell less if people can turn up and get on any old flight they choose.
It must make sense to them financially, even if you are drinking the lounge dry!