Originally Posted by
justhere
Not everyone cares that some seats are saved. So each flight is going to generally be different in terms of how many people are truly affected by any seat saving. The people are the variables. As I said, to say unequivocally that a saved seat causes everyone behind to suffer a devaluation has too many variables to be true. Some people may suffer a devaluation but some may not.
Your mistake is suggesting that someone has to be aware of it to be affected. It does't work like that. You are impacted
even if you are unaware of it.
Your BP drops back 1 position for each seat saved between you and the savee. Even if you don't know it does, it still impacts your BP position, removing one option. A person could be blissfully unaware of it, yet still had their available options drop.