Originally Posted by
flyer215
My question is: Do I have anything to gain from "babysitting" the segment, checking every day on expertflyer to see if an upgrade seat is made available, and if so, calling in to CO? Or will they automatically bring me off the waitlist if a seat shows up?
I'd babysit - YMMV, but I've had to call in on 5 CO itins in a row when I saw R space open up and I stayed waitlisted with an UG instrument, in order to manually force the UG. Back-end systems just not so hot.