Originally Posted by
LHHon
I would take your point if it were a simple case of a lucky operational upgrade, but this is not about good fortune/luck is it? If access to an upgrade is about who you know, that devalues the loyalty programme.
but their upgrade didn't in anyway affect BA's decision about whether to release reward seats since the latter decision was not made with any knowledge of the former.
as you probably know BA does not release all available seats for rewards and is quite happy to fly aircraft with empty J and F seats.