Originally Posted by FrancisA

I always pay for CE actually as I value a guaranteed empty middle seat.

What happens to couples or families who chose not to pay for seat selection is their business and not something that is of any concern to me or the business of other passengers. There is no need to play an emotional card that is entirely at odds with the realities of the situation. I fail to understand how allowing someone to sit in an empty middle seat between two total strangers in anyway helps this scenario - no one has said that was the reason.

In this case BA have been specifically mentioning this as a benefit at GGL events. For LH this is a stated benefit. AB also does the same but do not publish it as a benefit. I do not make the rules or raise expectations; BA's management do this by saying that this is their policy.

I would hope that BA both publish this as a policy and provide guidance on the policy to crew.

I am not really sure why this causes so much angst - you get what you pay for and GGL doesn't come cheap. Perhaps time to face reality that some customers are more important to a business than others and therefore receive preferential treatment?