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Sep 9, 2012, 3:27 pm

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Originally Posted by koopas

Looking at my SEA-IAH flight tomorrow, I'm seeing F2 U0 A0. I'm MVP and on the wait listed for first class. If I check in now and get my coach seat, will I be taken off the first class waitlist? Or will I remain on the waitlist with a possible call up at the boarding gate if "U" space opens up before the flight? (I'm assuming that all empty F seats are converted to "U" inventory around boarding time).

My question boils down to whether there's an advantage to checking in now or should I wait to check in until I get to the airport in this particular case.

Thanks.

No, you will not be taken off the first-class waitlist.

Check-in time has absolutely nothing to do with anything at all with ONE exception: IDB order is done strictly in reverse-order of check-in time (the last person who checks in is the first to get IDB'd, etc., without regard to status), but this really only affects you if you do not have a confirmed seat assignment. If you have a confirmed seat assignment, there really is no difference between checking in at T-23:59:59 or T-00:30:01.

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