Originally Posted by
pitz
1) The "mixed economy AP ticket", for AC segments, entitles one to go on the waitlist for J space. This is not an 'upgrade', it is 'waitlisting'. It has priority over most other non-confirmed passengers for J.
2) Unless your upgrade is confirmed in R space, the wife, on the Aeroplan ticket, has a much higher chance of her waitlisted seat going through.
Not according to Ben Lipsey.