I guess I need to be a little more patient, actually a lot more patient. I will try the next time to hold off until the very last minute. Good advice about letting them know I'm waiting as I don't want to end up being one of the no-shows.

I was actually number 1 initially for business as well but two others jumped ahead of me but weren't on the PE list so I assume they were waiting to be upgraded from PE. Both classes were booked so I was confident that a no-show in either would of seen me minimally in PE as I would have taken the space of the PE upgrade.

Thanks for the advice, I will try my luck waiting to the very last minute the next time and since I was in a bulkhead row, I knew my bad would not be at my feet.