Originally Posted by
irishguy28
They know very well that the vast majority of affected customers either don't know, or never will bother to, apply for compensation.
Interestingly [or not] there's a new thread on the BAEC forum discussing the same aspect.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...you-think.html
Airlines can be very coy about offering to hand out huge sums of money for their own mistakes/problems.