Originally Posted by
fin 645
That's also what I thought and there is another thread all about how doing OLCI before an upgrade clears may get you caught in the glitch wherein R>0 without your upgrade clearing.
For what it's worth, I was on the waitlist for YVR-YYZ yesterday, R3, and I wasn't cleared automatically. This was less than 20 hours before departure, and I did not do OLCI (decided to check in at the counter at YVR.)
It would seem that you don't necessarily need to do OLCI to be caught by the "glitch."