Originally Posted by lost_in_translation

I congratulate BA on the improved boarding system and the attempt to provide something of value to premium passengers in particular which helps to justify CE (let's hope that they do now enforce this going forward!), but I still feel like the system is slightly broken for shorthaul when priority boarding is offered as a prize.

If in CE, I'd ideally like to spend as little time with my legs rammed into 31 inches of legroom as possible, rather than boarding first! Given there's no pre-departure beverage in CE, it seems the only rewards you get with priority boarding are avoiding a possibly long queue and ensuring that your hand luggage has space, which really should be guaranteed for CE passengers anyway. Would much rather BA properly policed people outside CE placing baggage in the CE cabin and so allowed CE passengers to board as late as possible without having to worry their baggage won't fit in the lockers.