Originally Posted by
IAH-OIL-TRASH
Not good. At this point, you’re hoping for 3 cancellations/no-shows/misconnects that are not replaced by buy-ups, new ticket buyers, or flight got changes to your flight by someone w/ higher priority than you. Can happen, but I usually reserve fan myself to the seat I’m in currently and be ecstatic if an upgrade comes through.
When one is already on the waitlist, how does one do a buy-up? And how is the cost of buy-ups determined?