Originally Posted by
simons1
It might have made sense, yes. However that isn't my point.
At a time when the OP has focused the debate very well on BA's unacceptable behaviour, and has the support of most other posters, I don't think it makes sense to divert into a 'someone else should have been downgraded to accommodate me' style loop.
Keep the focus on getting redress from the airline I would suggest.
I don't think the OP was really making the point that 'someone else should've been downgraded before me' in the way that you are suggesting.
The point is that this is another example of unacceptable behaviour by BA. BA didn't notice the seat was broken, didn't take it out of service and didn't proactively move a high value customer to another seat and seek volunteers to downgrade from CW or move to another flight. This is what SHOULD have happened. That it didn't is another cause for complaint.
If one were cynical one might suggest that BA did not do so in order to circumvent paying EU261 comp for IDB or a downgrade.