Originally Posted by
saltydog75
Another point of information: I actually bumped a co-worker out of getting a business seat via CPU. I was able to buy up for $89 24 hrs before and he was the highest on the list not to get a CPU. In other words: it appears you can buy up, even at a low price, before CPUs get doled out. I would have assumed that he (1K status, I believe) would have gotten a seat before I was able to buy up, but that didn't seem to be the case.
This is the big complaint about TODs, they trump CPUs. Even when the person trying for a CPU pays more than the person taking the TOD pays in total.