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BA or bust
IIRC the general view on the board is that for the highly desirable routes BA Revenue Management is likely to only release the more flexible and higher price buckets initially. Once those have been snapped up (or not) by the people who have absolutely fixed dates and are price insensitive, then Rev Man releases the cheaper buckets. Having said that… important caveat… Rev Man is a dark art!
It has become much less predictable recently, not just in terms of route-specific pricing strategies but as a consequence fare bucket availability and avios seat availability. It’s definitely getting the more informed buyer to think harder about what to buy and when.
Ultimately if forward sales continue to meet targets they won’t change.