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Old Dec 19, 2009 | 9:34 am
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MikeBOS
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Echoing the comments of others, they clear almost all of the time, in my experience. I have probably had 20 or more flights waitlisted in the last 3-4 years (BOS-LHR, JFK-LHR, DFW-LHR, and ORD-LHR), and all but 2 cleared. The two that didn't clear were on flights in busy holiday periods.
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