Originally Posted by
UAWes
Ok, I am checked in and standing by. I notice that my departure management card contains:
Boarding priority: BP5
Does this mean I am fifth in line? There are five Y and 2 F seats left on the map...
Unfortunately the seat map isn't a perfect predictor of availability. Sometimes people are on the flight who don't have seats assigned. Also, I don't think you can get one of the F seats by being on the standby list (even through UDU) - but I could be mistaken.