Originally Posted by number_6
BA does a dozen different things to circumvent their OW obligations and to punish pax for choosing to fly a different OW airline and not BA. As an alliance OW ... sucks and needs to crack the whip on its members to get more of a single alliance and less of a way to arbitrage self-interest.
Even as a fan of BA, I agree wholeheartedly with your sentiments (except for the 'really' part [edited above], because I, selfishly, like the OW Emerald perks, and it's something *A has yet to match

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