I miss the occasional surprise of accruing mileage on redemptions.
I'm sure things like that didn't help BD's financial state, but by the end they were a shadow of their former self. The put option that LH agreed to effectively spelled the end (with the benefit of hindsight), although it was a financially very shrewd move by Sir Michael Bishop.
The role BD played in stopping BA enjoying monopoly power has now passed to FR, EZJ and BE.