Agree 100% and that was my first thought also.   This is just a backhanded way of drastically reducing Classic Reward seats in the background, whilst still claiming they have more reward seats available. Although they have said they won't do that - we have no way of knowing - and trust ...

@newyorkadviation - completely incorrect.   the A380s can now be rotated with the JNB schedule, so no longer will be sitting idle in LAX for 15 hours.   And "these things" are definitely scheduled down to the hour.

There's free IFE - you just need to access it through your own device.    I've changed my view on in-seat screens over the years.   I'm told the systems add so much weight to the aircraft, and most people have their own devices these days anyway.   So as long as they still pro...

They're not penalising pax for size/weight - I think you misunderstand what they are doing here.   They are taking a survey of random people's weight (anonymously) so they can update the average weight they assume per passenger for each flight.    As the average passenger has ...

This makes sense.  I don't have an issue with it, as long as it doesn't flash up on a big screen for everyone in line to see.  My understanding is most airlines are still using around 80kg average.  A quick look around on my last flight it was pretty obvious that number would be to...