Originally Posted by
global_happy_traveller
whats your boarding pass sequence #? and what is your colleague's boarding pass sequence #?
you mentioned he was upgraded 12 hours before the flight, was that when he checked in? or was that still on the eupgrade page?
if i recall what AY said, if you requested upgrade as a nominee you are first waitlisted under the member's status (if travelling together)....if not, i wonder if they just consider every nominee as non status until at the airport when they could physically validate/check.......
Not sure what his boarding pass sequence # is, but I do know he didn't check in until at the airport, around 2.5 hours prior to the flight, so he was upgraded prior to checking in.
I do recall that AY mentioned something about nominees, but I couldn't find the details.
What I was most curious about is if the fact that I checked in moved me to the airport waitlist whereas my colleague who hadn't checked in was still under the control of inventory management and was upgraded when R-space was opened up about 12 hours before the flight. Of note, at the 24-hour mark when I checked in the flight was showing J-9, Y-0 (so likely oversold in the back, which I can confirm since there was at least one person assigned a seat at the gate).