I just got automatically cleared from the waitlist on my HKG-EWR segment last night.
The trip isn't for another six weeks.
That being said, I'm very concerned that the outbound segment hasn't waitlisted properly. I did it online, but it errored out. I went back into the reservation and it added a waitlisted segment, but the miles weren't deducted. A few calls to the OPSC later and the miles were taken out.
What concerns me is that I still have the option to upgrade the segment with miles online. Is this just a bug or is there something wrong with my reservation now?