Originally Posted by
DarkHelmetII
Thanks, great point about losing the EWR-LHR flight, that's too big a risk for me. I called ~ 1 week ago and the agent simply said they don't waitlist any more for awards. Is this just an uninformed agent?
Waitlisting for an economy award is not technically within the rules. Waitlisting for business definitely still is. This is a YMMV situation, but I’d give it at least one more try before giving up, possibly two. There are recent reports (within the past ~2 months) of this being successful.