Originally Posted by
g46r
What if an SE hasn't even bought a ticket at T-7? Say on T-4 the waitlist has an E with booking class S. on T-3 an SE bought a ticket with booking class H and got on the waitlist as well. On T-2 AC decides to release one seat to R space. Why should AC pick E over SE?
They wouldn't. SE trumps E even last minute.