Originally Posted by
jerseykeebs
Advice here was to wait to check in and hope that R>2 so that me and my SO clear together, or not at all, since sitting together is more important that the upgrade.
It's basically just a guess at this point how this will play. The early Saturday morning flight should be decent odds, and the fact that there are only three on the waitlist so far is also a positive.
If the priority is sitting together, waiting to check in is always the safer strategy. Though it obviously reduces upgrade odds.