Originally Posted by
evanderm
Let's say a ticket the earlier flight A costs £2000, whereas the later flight B costs £1800 in a cheaper fare bucket. If BA had the policy of allowing a standby and you were okay with taking the later flight (B) but preferred to take the earlier flight (A) you'd book the cheaper fare bucket to try to get on the earlier flight standby. Now if you really preferred the earlier ticket enough and it was worth £200 to guarantee the earlier arrival rather than take your chances, you would pay for A.
I think most people that want guaranteed space would pay for it. Most that have the time and flexibility/patience, will do what I did and book the later flight, if that's all that's available.
Then, there's there's also the cost issue for BA to consider of 90 additional minutes in the CCR. Let's see: how much is a bottle of LP and/or JW Blue these days? And doesn't that push us into dinner time?
