Originally Posted by
orbitmic
Well, the first part of the answer is that many do. In fact, as you are undoubtedly aware, the IAG premium traffic has increased by less than capacity since the start of 2015 (although the July stats have been very good thanks to IB), and increased by less than capacity in 2014 as well, and the decline on this specific segment has been very much on the BA side and not the IB one.
http://www.iagshares.com/phoenix.zht...p=irol-traffic
Can you point me to where the IAG data says the decline is on the BA side? Clearly the growth in capacity at IAG is very much from IB's restoration and from Vuelings continued (non premium) growth and from BA shorthaul densification. But BA longhaul has been very much single digit capacity and single digit growth for months now? And indeed planned to continue to be low single digit growth for some time still - any real growth coming from new routes when new frames permit)
And I don't see any split out of premium vs non premium so if you could point me to that it would be helpful.
Anecdotally J redemptions on BA seem harder and harder to get, and sale fares seem less attractive than they were.
Reading this thread I half expect my next BA flight to have a near empty cabin.