Originally Posted by
paulwuk
Because those booking full fare tickets at t-4 days, paying £2000 for a return, would prefer it if the people on £400 tickets haven't bought all the good seats for £50 months in advance.
They then take our business elsewhere, and BA goes bust, and you end up on ryanair.
Utter twaddle, in my view.
I suspect BA will have done the sums more than any armchair expert. And I doubt it will make BA go bust.
If travellers value it, what not charge for it. Same whinges here as on allocated seating when it came in.
Cabin baggage on short haul next I suspect.