Originally Posted by
itsme
and details of "pending queue" (that's the "waitlist," which allows holders of CR1s or miles into at any time, but not e500-milers until 100 hours out at the earliest?)
The pending queue is
not the waitlist. Pending applies only to e-500 upgrades that have been requested but are still outside the clearance window. Once the clearance window opens up, the pending requests are either cleared or moved onto the upgrade waitlist.
Originally Posted by
itsme
Are CR1s and miles on equal footing with one another for upgrade purposes
Only for a 1K. If you're not a 1K, your mileage upgrade request goes on the PB waitlist.
Originally Posted by
itsme
Does status count only to get 1Ks to the head of the waitlist behind only earlier arriving 1Ks, in front of 1Ps, 2Ps, 3Ps and GMs? And similarly, 1Ps will drop back when another 1K gets added to the waitlist, though the 1P was there earlier?
No. The
only difference status makes prior to the DM is for 1K mileage upgrades. All SWU and CR-1 upgrades go on PA. 1K mileage upgrades go on PA (based on the status of the sponsor, not the traveler). All other mileage upgrade go on PB. When a 1K requests any confirmable upgrade, the 1K will go to the end of the PA waitlist, regardless of who else is on it. So if a 1P or even a GM is on PA, the 1K will
not jump in front.