Originally Posted by
snaxmuppet
That is of course your choice but that is tantamount to burying your head in the sand while people around you steal from you. Yes, I say steal from you because that lost revenue puts up everyone's fares... including yours.
I am not on some kind of mission here. It is just that when people break the rules and steal in this way from BA so it is everyone of us, including ME, that suffers.
If you don't want to help stop it then as I say, that is your choice, but please don't criticise those that do want to help... they are doing the right thing and the more we do the more that BA are likely to realise that it matters to us. At least the CC will realise it more and they are more likely to stop it. If we all just ignore it then we can't blame BA and CC if they say that no one cares.
A person who self-upgrades doesn't steal from you. The seat is unoccupied and any revenue potential is lost upon take-off unless the cabin crew decides to charge the upgrader on the spot which in this case they didn't. The airline doesn't make any money if it forces the wayward seat stealer back to his assigned location.
This is a pallid justification to intrude in a matter that is none of your business because you are resentful someone else took the initiative and got something for free that you paid for.
Do you do the same at the theater, sporting events, concerts when someone moves forward to get a better seat?