Originally Posted by
SchmeckFlyer
There are costs, beyond just monetary, to booking at the last minute; a less than favorable seating selection has always been one of them. C'est la vie. Elite members and full-fare passengers are going to get the best seats either way, with either policy.
'tis a very good point. I think the marked difference now is that the whole cabin can be pre-assigned, (almost) nothing is held for OLCI which is what saved late, full fare pax before. Since BA wants to treat such pax well (i.e. let them pre-assign at all now, alongside status pax), this new setup seems to be having the (unforeseen?) effect of making them worse off? So I do wonder if this is one area they will look at tweaking somehow.
Whatever they do, some people in some group/setup won't be happy, that much BA can be certain of
