Originally Posted by
Syzygies
I've been collecting more confirmation: Waitlisting miles helps battlefield upgrades (which is why if you've waitlisted miles, they won't give the miles back after a battlefield upgrade), and fare basis trumps elite status, for those who've waitlisted miles.
When smb12 and I have sorted out conflicting information before, it turned out that less informed agents had mislead me (as he suspected) but I got the straight scoop from the help desks within hub Prez Clubs.
This time, I'm getting confirmation from these desks. Anyone else asking?
I know of at least two instances where miles were returned after an EUA (not BF). Sequence was: waitlist expired email; OLCI; EUA upgrade. Miles were redeposited about 2 weeks later. In both cases as it happened the upgrades would have occurred via EUA (everyone on list eventually cleared).