Originally Posted by
Kacee
Are you saying that at T-24, as a 1K, you should automatically jump ahead of (a) lower status pax on instruments, and (b) lower status pax on Y/B fares? And that your status is somehow "devalued" if you do not get to cut in front of them? You're certainly entitled to your theories and opinions, but this doesn't make much sense to me.
Whether it makes sense or not -- and lots of the upgrade rules don't make much sense to me, like how companions can trump elites -- that's what the "official rules" clearly state. If that's not the ACTUAL rule, it should be re-written so elites know exactly what their status is and is not worth.
Originally Posted by
mgcsinc
You're mistaken about the conventional wisdom, and you're mis-reading the website. There are indeed two lists, but they have the same order, except that the tie-breaker for CPU's changes from time of booking to time of check-in. It would be kinda insane if someone waitlisted with an instrument didn't get priority, IMO.
Well, from previous experience, that's not true either. On a flight last month, I checked in about 22 hours before the flight and was about 6th on the upgrade list. To my surprise, I was automatically upgraded in advance (not at the airport) on a CPU in front of other pax on the list who had already checked in earlier (presumably based on the criteria of the "5-day list"). So how would that be possible under your theory?