Originally Posted by
CCayley
This is the sort of benefit I really wish didn't exist, even though I qualify for it. What on earth induces anyone to think they are so important that they would demand someone else be turfed off a busy flight just because they 'absolutely have' to be given a seat?
I imagine what they'd do is move the CE/ET boundary up by one row, downgrading 4 people in the process, and then hoping to use the 2 middle seats for full-fare Y. Would probably make BA some money to deliberately overbook in this way.