Originally Posted by
CashN
My specific question is regarding whether they exclude passengers likely to pay for an upgrade from CPU's.
No.
Originally Posted by
CashN
Last week I was flying with a colleague who shares the same admin. He is also a 1K and we had the same booking class. I was #1 on the waitlist and he was #3 because I checked in earlier. He ended up clearing and I didn't, how is that possible?
The problem is that there are two lists. To understand how CPUs get doled out, see the wikipost here, which addresses your questions in the FAQ section:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...2013-a-49.html