Originally Posted by
shorthauldad
Far more reasonable would be to book multiple tickets, ideally redemptions, with the intention of only flying one of them

Redemptions are flexible
y class fares are flexible
Semi flex fares are flexible enough in this case
Cheap economy fares are not flexible without paying
If you think that cheap economy fares should be flexible in some cases, that's fine. BAs policy is to protect the value of these tickets by not allowing free changes on cheap tickets.