Originally Posted by
mikehillwig
That SDC thing makes sense, but wouldn't those cases still bump me down on the priority list instead of seats just disappearing?
If seats hadn't been chosen, would that be factored into the number of seats available?
Not if they had a ticket in F/J (except for medallion upgrades which don't count). In those cases the can SDC onto a flight as long as there's a seat. Thus they never appear on an upgrade or standby list. I use SDC to my advantage lots of times with last minute tickets. Purchase F/J on cheapest routing for my origin/destination and then call right up and ask to SDC onto the flights I want that cost more, saving sometimes hundreds if not thousands of dollars in the process.