Originally Posted by FFlash

on the topic whether waitlisting for upgrades still works for lower than Platinums, my wife (Gold) just waitlisted a couple of shorthauls where loadfactor is high. I doubt they go through but we try anyway.

I must say that these shorthaul vouchers are pretty useless nowadays. Not a fault per se, but the fact that if loadfactors are close to 100% on shorthaul, it is understandable AY does not want to release a J seat which takes a sellable middle-seat out of system (think of moving curtain and thereby size of Y/J cabin)