Originally Posted by BahrainLad

From a casual look at Twitter, it would appear wife and husband have separate surnames.

So as far as BA are concerned, Person X + Child has absolutely no relationship with Person Y and therefore Person Y as a single traveller who hasn't got checked in is at risk of being off-loaded.

Of course, had they all been on the same booking, BA might have twigged that Person X and Y are husband and wife and they have a child, so in principle they either shouldn't have been offloaded or if absolutely necessary then all would have been offloaded and not split up.

Personally if I was travelling with a young child I would OLCI asap to get seats together especially on a busy holiday flight after a music festival. But then again, see my previous post.