Nowadays, Skyclub easily puts it back on the gate.

And let's face it, also nowadays, there are numerous avenues to a F seat. Sometimes the winners come from the standby list, sometimes it's data errors, sometimes it's shenanigans, sometimes it's a GUC or RUC. Not sure it's a screw-age here, but it is unfortunate indeed. Complain, and DL may hand out some points.