Originally Posted by
canadiancow
Ah, the question only mentioned the SE being in their clearance window, so I went with that.
But then I still don't know. A full Y fare might clear for a 25K 6 days out when an SE is waitlisted on an M fare, because it uses different space. For stuff that "needs R", if both people are in their clearance window, I just have no idea.
I think you're right about both of those hypotheticals.
If you want to get REALLY nerdy about it, we can wonder about whether That Secret Algorithm For Expensive Latitude Fares starts by running a check for R-space first.