Originally Posted by
eddiehuang97
That’s not true at all. BA long haul was always easy to find before this—although it comes with high YQ
exactly, that's what made the high YQ kind of tolerable, the fact that you more or less knew that you would get a seat. That made planning for trips easier, and not having to keep looking for space on other alliances 11 months out. Also I don't live in the UK so the YQ was always about $200 less ex-Europe because I would just transit via LHR. The easy availability was an acceptable trade-off for the higher than usual YQ.
The agent also had a slightly 'school teacher' tone when she lectured me how airline inventory works, explaining that BA would prefer to sell those seats for $ thats why they hold them back bla bla bla. I didn't even bother to school her on the fact that BA has a policy of releasing at least 2 business awards on every flight when the schedule opens and it has been their official policy, as she didn't seem to doubt her experience and 'knowledge' of the matter...haha