Originally Posted by
Stockjock
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Their perspective is, "Tough luck! Doesn't matter if you're still on the same flight, but it's a different booking number".
My perspective is, "I paid for seats on a specific BA flight, I'll be on that flight, and I expect them to give me what I paid for".
So far, having zero luck with BA. It's not much money, but it's the principle of the issue. Anyone see a way around this?
I believe you have paid for seats for a flight through a specific booking, not a flight in general for any booking that may include that flight! An example of why this is the case: if one purchases a full fare refundable BA business class ticket then, regardless of status, one has seat selection at the time of booking. So one could book that flight, then book the cheapest possible business class ticket for that flight and demand that BA move one's seat reservation over. That's not how it works. (There are other examples too, but I won't bore you with them.) When you paid for the seats you made an agreement that includes the restriction above, even if not explicitly stated.
You could keep the old booking until you can select seats for the new booking (OLC at the latest) and with the new booking open, cancel the old and then select the now free seats from the old booking. There is risk, in that there is a window of opportunity for others to pick your released seats in the seconds it takes for you to select them, but it is a possible way round it.
Others may be along shortly with their opinions, and other possible ways round it.
rb211.