Originally Posted by
zitsky
I'm looking at a possible flight just about 1 year out (November 2021). I see "upgrade waitlist" on one direction. How likely is it to clear in the next year? I haven't done this too often, and I don't remember running into this problem before. Itinerary is RDU-Lisbon-Barcelona-RDU.
No upgrade space this far out is not uncommon. Given the state of the world, flights that far out are uncertain.
Historical norms are not really very useful at this time
Assume you are routing via EWR
First, status will matter if waitlisted
Day of the week also matters
What is present inventory -- especially P and PN