Originally Posted by
modularmayhem
any time ive had the email offer (which is never reasonably priced enough that anyone would want to pay it) ive been upgraded at check in due to being overbooked in Y. If you have EK status my advice would be to sit tight and wait for the Op Up
... mmm ... Not so sure.
1) If your parents received the mail, lots of others did also. And some may jump on the occasion.
2) Plat / Gold / Silver will be ahead of you, and chances are, there are enough of them to fill JCL (or even FCL).
Op-Up is a bet. The lower you are on skywards, the slimier the chance to be upgraded.