Originally Posted by RobOnLI

But this entire process assumes that R bucket seats were released between the last time EUA ran (presumably sometime between midnight and say 4am the day before departure) and the time check-in is available. As check-in is now only available 24 hours before your flight, you can check in at 1p Mon for a 1p Tues flight.

My personal feeling is that very few R seats are released between the last EUA and the 24 hour check-in mark. Those would be the only seats that an elite could grab out-of-order.

However, since the possiblity exists that the above could happen, Continental needs to do two things:
1. Only upgrade someone during check-in if the standby list is clear or the person checking in trumps everyone else on the standby list and R is available (this would mean that early check-in is a good idea again);
2. Don't allow anyone to upgrade at check-in. Rather, put them all on the standby list and they'll be auto upgraded at the 3-hour EUA run in the proper order (likely to make some people angry).

Just my thoughts....

-RM