Originally Posted by
littlefish
The clever thing, if you will, is illustrated for me on the VIE route. There is only one Gatwick flight, but 5 or 6 from Heathrow. I do not need the flexibility going out but it seems I must pay for it if I want it coming back (bar splitting in to two singles). And technically, LGW is now more expensive than it was but I actually won't get any more flexibility as no 2nd flight!
That's a good point and something I thought about earlier. If you're flying from an airport that only has one flight a day (or maybe every other day!) the increased flexibility on the day is pretty irrelevant.
What is important to me (as someone who doesn't really care where I sit nor need check in a bag) is price on the HBO fare...and that has gone up on my main route. If BA are making an extra 9 EUR on every ticket, that's a hefty profit going their way.