Originally Posted by
Bohinjska Bistrica
I don't really see the point in some of these changes. Someone buying a flexible ticket will already be more handsomely rewarded than someone buying a standard ticket in the same cabin due to the spend-based award. It therefore seems a bit odd to increase the differential
Semi flex and flex are only available via BA's website, therefore this is perhaps a way of encouraging direct booking rather than losing margin to travel agents (sort of a softer version of AA's previous NDC strategy, since almost everything BA does is just copying a US carrier these days).