Not sure if data points are still acceptable in this group so if it isn’t I’m sorry, I’m fairly new here.

A data point but an outlier and most likely Christmas Miracle to be honest. I’m 50K with premium CC and booked in Flex Y for YYC-YYZ-MUC. I went into the app at T-3 days after I got my ticket to apply for an eUp and to my surprise, AC138 was showing as available in J. I thought this was a glitch since expert flyer had been fluctuating between J2-J0 and R0 for a few days prior. I checked again and sure enough, it was J1 R1. Applied my credits and somehow got cleared right away. I had very little hope to clear for AC836 as well as it went from J8 to J4 and O0 within 36 hours of the flight, but, I managed to snag the last J seat when they ran the list at the gate last night. Could not believe the luck I was having but I’m sure lower business travel close to Christmas helped.