So I am looking at the pda.com for CO 1844 on Monday 1st November.
The seatmap indicates 7 of the 8 seats are taken. The upgrade standby list also indicates that 4 people have been upgraded into first class.
It's outside the 24 hour mark, so there is no upgrade standby list yet, and I have not yet checked in.
I am a PresPlat, but I have not received an upgrade 6 days out. I assume that the four people ahead of me have been upgraded in one of these ways:
# Presidential Platinum --> Platinum --> Gold --> Silver on a Y fares are upgraded, assuming space, at time of ticketing
# Presidential Platinum --> Platinum --> Gold --> Silver on a B fares are upgraded, assuming space, at time of ticketing
# Presidential Platinum --> Platinum --> Gold --> Silver --> Non-Elite Passengers holding unconfirmed mileage upgrades starting 5 days before flight
Plus the chance that there was a PresPlat with higher status than me.
I have however been offered the opportunity to waitlist with miles. But I don't want to 'waste' miles if I would end up getting the upgrade anyway.
What's the best way to manage this? Do I just wait until I see the upgrade standby list, and then waitlist with miles if I am not #1 on the list?