Originally Posted by
DYKWIA
I'd love to know if that actually happened. I turned up once at MAN, only to find the flight was fully booked. When I mentioned the "guarantee", they said it would take too long to fly another plane up from LHR, and the next flight wasn't full - so tough luck!
As CIHY said it did although I'm pretty sure BA narrowed down the chances of it happening to only a few flights. Most likely the early morning flights and certain evening ones especially on Thursdays and Fridays.