Originally Posted by
bananahead
^But so many of the most important customers to BA - corporate contracts - have no choice. They are flying who their employer has a contract with.
I did ask this question, because I suspected that most large corporates had similar deals with several airlines or bulk-bought without regard for carrier through a TA:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...ht-policy.html
There was one who was "BA or you stay at home" and a few whose employer/client strongly preferred BA but it seemed most respondents had a wide choice of carrier even if they had rebates from BA.