Originally Posted by
noobalert
Noob here. So I already called AA to put myself down on the waitlist for a Saturday ORD>NRT flight and a Wednesday NRT>LAX flight. Does it help to pay for an EF subscription so I know when a C spot opens so I can call AA to get upgraded or does that all happen automatically? Would calling quickly allow me to jump the queue in front of other waitlisted folks?
It would, but it would depend if EF pings the data before the batch process starts, which might or might not happen. In general, I find EF to be well worth the money I pay them.