Originally Posted by
salut0
Isn't that an odd decision? What’s the point of BA publishing inaccurate data about their seat map?
To increase internal control over the resource, I imagine.
If an unoccupied seat is published to the GDS as "available" rather than "blocked", it takes away some of BA's freedom of action during the pre-departure process because an external actor (like a TA) can grab the seat.