Originally Posted by
Globaliser
There is also a chance that CE will shrink and the curtain will move forward. The changes are not always in the same direction.
On any particular flight, the curtain can move back and forward many times. However, if you are moved back because of a curtain move, you will seldom be automatically moved forward again. That is why you can be swept aft by the tide and then be "stranded" when the tide moves forward again. And this can happen even after OLCI opens.
Absolutely. Happened in May. I had Exit row selected for many months, outbound and inbound, and by checking periodically found I was moved back(ie no notification of a "change to your booking"). Only by checking 3 or 4 times per day for weeks did I get Exits back again. BA does not move you back to your original seat when the curtain moves forward again. Obsessive? perhaps but worth it for 4.5 hours in a seat each way.