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Old Jan 18, 2026 | 12:48 pm
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Originally Posted by txaggiemiles
If joining upgrade waitlist from economy to Polaris, is there any downside or reason that you wouldn’t also waitlist for premium plus?
Potential downsides:

#1: If you have a decent enough E+ seat, and don't want to risk ending up in a PE middle seat.

#2: If you clear into PE before J, you can't manually cancel and re-request PP online if you notice PZ opens up but the system hasn't cleared automatically.
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