Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: London, England
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Posts: 378
W restriction doesn't apply to this year's SWUs, but it will next time around. It's one more "change that we think you'll like".
To be fair, the other side of the coin is that in future, SWUs won't book into R, but into any available F seats, so availability of confirmed-at-booking upgrades should increase on the most heavily used routes.