Originally Posted by
orbitmic
Or if you prefer, it is about telling someone who is GGL and might accumulate much more than 5000 TPs every year that they will be treated significantly less well on BA on a paid ticket than they would be on AF, KL, LH or LX, which they might fly only once a year.
Since BA don't really understand low-cost, it's likely to be cheaper to travel with U2 or FR
and pay extra for assigned seating, than buy BA's "cheap"* HBO fares and have them stick you in 25E.
* but not that cheap