Originally Posted by
scoubit
One of the problems of requesting an upgrade at T-7 then being wait listed then checking in then cancelling the check in and re-requesting the upgrade is that if you are not successful, then you have lost your place in the queue at the gate.
Is this true? I have checked in, unchecked myself in several hours later, and rechecked in again, and I still have the same check in number on my boarding pass. I don't know the answer to this one, just asking.
I also had an odd experience at MUC this week. I requested my upgrade at exactly T-7 and credits were removed from my account. I did OLCI at exactly T - 24 hrs from my hotel room in WAW. Upon arrival in MUC, I went to the gate to get my BP. I was told that I wasn't even on the upgrade waitlist! (For the record, I did the exact same thing for my GF who is Elite, and she was waitlisted for the upgrade.)
In the end, I got my upgrade, and she didn't.