Originally Posted by
NoLaGent
This is not true. You would've been correctly shown once checked in at the airport, but as you noted, your chance of clearing was almost non-existent to begin with.
The gate/battlefield waitlist is prioritized by status, fare class and then time added (i.e. check in sequence number), right?. That's different than the advance check-in list. If the only chance of clearing is at the gate then checking in sooner matters.