Originally Posted by
swag
It's incomprehensible to me that someone could pay the thousands of dollar differential to fly J instead of Y, yet be unwilling to cough up another $14 for the seat of their choice. And even upgraders, whether by SWU or miles + copay, $14 seems trivial for such a long flight.
Agree. BA does this to non-elites, and I know of an European colleague that has stopped traveling BA after discovering it the hard way (and he's the decision maker for his company, so they lost multiple business-class flyers).