Originally Posted by
Sharpe39
I told the agent that the rule was, as I understood it, that if J>4 72 hours before the flight and I’m 1 on the list they force it through. She said “well, the open seats used to be one number, but it very recently changed”. I said “I assume it got larger” and she confirmed.
Brutal if true (I thought it was J=2 giving effect to the GS upgrade). There's little point to the benefit if they're just pushing you through on flights you're virtually g'teed an upgrade on anyway.