bumping this because I can't believe nobody chimed in with any thoughts on this. Seems cut and dry but when I called today to be waitlisted, even the agent (who was very nice, by the way) wasn't sure if I would get preference over a Silver/Gold/CP since I "prepaid" with points. Not one PHL-LAS flight has 'P' inventory on any random day I check, so it seems like it may be a closely watched flight by inventory mgmt, with seats being released when they're sure nobody's going to buy them. A restricted A fare is about $700 for a roundtrip. Not too bad for a transcon restricted First class - especially if you can get it on the airbus. The 757 is just to shabby anymore.