Originally Posted by orbitmic

But again, if I may, you and the op are building this argument on a mistaken assumption: that ba ‘chooses’ not to offer all the seats the op would be allowed to get.

this is simply, plainly, wrong. As explained, the limited number of seats offered for the op to purchase are actually all those he would be allowed to buy after check in opens and all he would be allowed to choose for free if he were not on a basic ticket simply based on his status.

this is the whole point of theoretical seating amply discusses elsewhere in this forum.