Originally Posted by
emcampbe
Ten replies so far, and no one has suggested the obvious: They don't want you knowing where you are on the list before you check in. If you "need" to be in a premium class, and knew you were at/near the top of the waitlist, would you pay for the seat instead? If you have no idea, you are more inclined to pay for it. It helps to sell F seats.
This is also proprietary info - if its open to you as a pax, its open to anyone, and I don't think UA would want their competitors looking at this data far in advance. This data, IMHO, will never be publicly available.
all good points and true, in addition, the list is probably quite dynamic at >48hrs from departure, with tickets still being sold and business folk canceling plans at the last minute, etc. i don't think the list would be very meaningful at 3, 4 or 5 days out from departure.
plus in my experience as a gold, i never get upgraded anymore anyways, so looking at the list just makes me angry. case in point - tomorrow IAH-FLL, i'm 3rd on the list for 3 remaining seats and plenty of possible TODs yet to check in i'm sure.