Originally Posted by
PETER01
It suits BA/OW members with status as they can get the pick of the best seats and this is especially useful with last minute bookings thus rewarding FFr's. We rarely see complaints from BA/OW regulars with status here about this and so seems to suit the BAEC model. It's a buyers market so people can choose to fly elsewhere if they don't like that policy.
You have learned well since becoming Gold.....
Yeah it's one of those win-win benefits. It costs BA nothing yet keeps their status members happy. I think they could have done it in a way which would have been fairer to all their CW/CE customers but as someone without status I would think that.