hypothetical....im gold. im leaving tuesday at 3pm. monday at 3pm i check in. i am added to the FC list. EUA runs at midnight. no body gets anything. then for some reason 3 seats are released. at 6am tuesday, a silver checks in and gets that seat even though im higher level, possibly on a higher fare and i checked in earlier? i would think the system would know that there's already a SB list and that no seats would be given until EUA runs at 3 hour and at the battlefield mark.

although f the above sitch is true, it sucks, it cant happen that often. i almost always get my upgrades.

so is it better to check in after midnight, on the day of travel, in hopes some seats opened up after the midnight EUA?