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Old Sep 13, 2018 | 7:33 am
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TSparky
 
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Originally Posted by Science Goy
That's a bit melodramatic, isn't it? Waitlisted upgrades still have a good chance of clearing (or at least mine have cleared 100% of the time)
My last 4 waitlisted didn't clear. 2 of them I did receive a regular upgrade, one at the 100hr mark. I'm still sitting on 4 - however, I was able to find an SWU yesterday for a flight on 9/30. YMMV
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