Originally Posted by
pattermj
Rusty, thanks for the information, I apologize for the snarkness of the second post. Going to do a bit more reading but the wife is suggesting some changes which may make this all moot. At this point the flights are completely open in first (at least seats are) so guessing they simply aren't interested in upgrade usage (it is transcon near holiday/weekend).
To follow up on item above though, so do I still maintain some benefit from having booked these flights while having status even if I don't at the time of flight?
thanks
No problem! Certain transcon routes can be hard to find U space on, along with shrinking the F cabin from 16 to 12 on the 738 has limited space more so than in the past.
Technically no status past Jan 1, but past reports have been that you'd remain on the waitlists unless there was some sort of change (anyone out there with more recent datapoints?). I'd look at it as nice if it happened but not count on it at all. If you don't really care about PC vs regular economy seat, I'd roll the dice. If it did matter, I'd lock in the seat now. I don't believe there are any other holdover benefits, baggage fees in coach are waived by status at check-in and not at booking.