Originally Posted by
irmster
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Originally Posted by sts603
Why?
don't like the US free for all model where people book a Y fare expecting to either upgrade with points or just be upgraded because of status. Totally devalues the point of a premium cabin.
Wait listing need not lead to a clear-every-unsold-seat model. Back in the day CO was well-known for letting international business seats go out empty on some services instead of clearing their wait list. The main advantage of a wait list would be to prioritize status members for reward seats without wasting their time with this constant checking.
I've been criticized for insufficient egalitarian sentiment on this board for suggesting such a thing -- mainly by Tesco aficionados and lower tier holders who benefit from the current system allowing them to "jump the queue." But posts like this show there are downsides to BA antagonizing high-tier elites by not prioritizing them for awards.