Originally Posted by
Frogdoctor
Hi
Long time lurker first time poster thought I’d add my experience, used my 2016 & 2017 241s in August and September respectively for 2 round trips to Orlando without any problems-admittedly only in J class.
I'm glad it worked out well for you.
Overall, downgrades on BA are not that common, so even if they do downgrade Avios and 2-4-1 customers more than cash customers, neither group of customers will experience it often. A less frequent traveller would be unlikely to experience it at all. Some routes are known to have downgrades more often than others, of course, but it is still good to keep the size of the overall problem in perspective.
This doesn't mean BA should downgrade Avios and 2-4-1 customers and particularly not without similar compensation (therefore cost to BA) as a cash customer, but they're not doing it that often to anyone.