Originally Posted by
windowontheAside
I quite like the current system ... It's not that long ago that you couldn't select a seat at all until checkin and we all survived that era.
When I first started flying BA reasonably seriously back in 2006 (business travel in those days) I was hardly ever able to get a seat in advance because more than 75% or however many it was of seats had already been selected.
The current system is clearly an improvement. ^