Originally Posted by
gcashin
Is it possible to have reservations apply the upgrade to the lowest status first, and then waitlist me from the same PNR? Any experience with this?
Not possible without splitting the PNR. A fundamental structure of most GDS is that all passengers on the same PNR have the same itinerary - which includes the booking designator (and flight number, date, gate pair, etc.).
Cheers
bawm