Originally Posted by
binman
A family of 4 with no status and wishing to sit together in club and using a credit card will now need to pay up to £700 extra to fly on BA as opposed to other business class offers.
When you consider that one option is AA 777-300 and direct aisle seating you have to wonder why anyone would.
1. If the family included an infant they can select their seats in advance for free
2. Assuming it's 2 adults and 2 children (not infants) each child will be sat with an adult
3. They can choose their seats for free at check-in which I accept may not, but equally may, allow them to sit as a 4, for free
3. This assumes that the fare on the other carrier is exactly the same as BA
4. It assumes that the other carrier doesn't charge a credit card fee. Using Virgin as an example, their credit card fee is 1.5% of the fare. It's not unreasonable to assume that said family spend £2000pp on these flights, so that's a credit card fee of £120 vs BA's £20
5. Re you point about AA and direct aisle access, it's as beguiling a point as why people flew AA or indeed any other carrier before they had flat-beds, when BA did