I just got off the phone with Paula in customer care who told me that the notification for being on the waitlist will no longer show up on reservations after October 1. Can anyone confirm this because I don't trust her or the system at all and would be bummed to miss my upgrades.
For reference, I have 3 flights in September and 2 in October in My Trips. The september flights all have the -First Class Waitlisted- notation under the leg of the trip. The october flights do not. I can go through the whole request process which gives me the message that it successful but the notification is still not there.