Originally Posted by
Gino Troian
Unacceptable for such an expensive ticket... They should've proactively re-ticketed you once J1 opened up.
Also, I think it could have been beneficial to set an alert on ExpertFlyer (if you have a subscription) to when J opens up on any of the Y legs. Once (or if) alerted, I believe you could've called in and had them re-ticket, up to an hour before departure, I believe?
Exactly.
1) OP probably would have been able to actually waitlist for the J inventory. IME those often don’t clear automatically, but it couldn’t hurt.
2) If OP was on a full J ticket, which seems to have been the case from the original post, then when that flight was showing J1, he should have been able to clear directly into first/business (though he might have needed the travel agent to do so). Shouldn’t have had to go on a DSR/standby list.