Wow, based on the cost of a 2-hour flight in a business class seat that is apparently an economy seat with the middle seat blocked, no wonder BA is doing well.

I really don't get the fan-boy defense of BA. I could understand if they were positioning themselves as some sort of budget airline, selling the ticket for cheap, but cashing in on the "extras" such as seat selection and carry-on bags. Are they the Frontier Air of Europe? Forget this "blocked economy"; I pay less per flight hour for a true lie-flat business class seat pretty much anywhere I fly have never once paid an additional fee to select the seat.

But whatever... this is market here and it apparently tolerates this. I certainly had a choice here. Whatever the choices were, they sucked from a scheduling standpoint, so I can accept a high premium for the flight. But to get hit again with a seat charge?

Anyway, I didn't come for a fight about BA and I'm sorry I called them clowns because it clearly distracted from my question.