Originally Posted by
corporate-wage-slave
No. Almostly certainly the beep was to alert the agent to read a note on his/her screen, which I hazard would say something like "AUP, note pax has changed seats". If the presented boarding pass matched the one shown in the system then the agent clears down the message, if not s/he presents you with a reprinted boarding pass.
OK - onboard the CSM was extremely welcoming, which had me going. It seems BA still need to convince me