Originally Posted by
zaphod424
Tbh it strikes me as though (as Matt from Matt's planet suggested in one of his videos) BA executives are really against the changes, but have been forced into it by their IAG overlords, and so they don't want to stick their necks out and take the flak for something they don't actually want to do. That would explain the lack of noise on the BAC as a whole. Though the lack of any details on the Amex spend requirements suggests a whole different issue, that being the lack of any agreement between BA and Amex.
I’m coming round to the view that things are working out considerably worse than IAG/BA expected.
The lack of agreement with Amex is one thing, but as I posted in another thread there are still lots of good F fares available to the US during the height of the summer holidays - suggesting forward bookings aren’t doing well.
Those who have already jumped ship to Lufthansa or AFKL will be busily earning the points needed to re qualify in their respective schemes, while the Amex debacle will be the final straw for many more.
I’m sure there’s a bit of “sunk cost fallacy” (or just plain denial) at play over the whole thing at Waterside too.