Originally Posted by
ExSin
To the best of may knowledge, I have been able to waitlist without having the required miles quite a few times. Thats why my question - has anything changed?
You must have been mistaken. What
SQ319 said is correct. You can waitlist as many flights as you like as long as you have the required number of miles in your account. The miles won't be deducted until you are ticketed. But you still need the miles to be in your account to be able to waitlist in the first place. It has always been like this as far back as I can remember (6-7 years?) and possibly longer.