Kubla, no, I didn't worry about BA's or any other airlines priority policy before I didn't get one of the ten seats to Berlin... because up until that flight, I WRONGFULLY assumed that the airlines were honorable and treated everyone equitabally. It was only after I realized what they were up to that I became so aware of how discriminatory they continue to be. And had I known, and had I asked them IN ADVANCE, I'm quite certain if I called EVERY OTHER AIRLINE, they would have SIMILAR DISCRIMINATORY policies... I supposed it would have been better NOT to single out BA as the oNLY one that does this... i'm certain they are ALL guilty... If not, I await someone from this Board to paste in some text from some airlines contract of carriage that spells out a FAIR priorty for rebooking policy. It won't happen, because it doesn't exist.

Since this board is mostly frequent flyers, who are greedy and out to get the most they can, (admittedly me too, sometimes), I wouldn't expect anyone to agree that all people should be treated fairly. If there were ANOTHER DISCUSSION BOARD, say for COACH-ONLY travelers, I'm certain 99% of them would write things like, "how dare first class passengers think they have priority over me in canceled flights...just because they paid more doesn't entitle them to step to the front of the line... they only bought one seat, just like me, and since our mutual flight was canceled, they are NOW IN THE SAME BOAT THE REST OF US ARE IN... they deserve no more, no less than anyone else in that situation."
JIM