ResAgent86 (and any other knowlegable and welcome CO lurkers), this is something I have been wondering about ever since the 72 hour penalty was imposed on mileage upgrades:

How hard would it be to publish (and publicize among FFers) a regulation that unsold BF seats would be available for mileage upgrades until the time of departure EXCEPT seats which have been previously reserved and then cancelled? IOW, a FFer who was considering making a fradulent reservation would know that if s/he did, that seat would not be returned to upgrade inventory, thus lowering the chance for an upgrade at the gate. Could this be managed with CO's res tracking system?

Any empty seats that result from cancelled reservations, as well as seats that are available AFTER all customers paying with money or miles have been accomodated could be given to non-revs and their buddies.

I think this would be a fair solution for everyone and good for the CO bottom line. I am sure that few CO employees would make bogus reservations, knowing their jobs would be at stake if caught, and it just might bring back some of the former CO loyalsts who have taken their (considerable) revenue elsewhere because they are disgruntled with HoKeY and the 72-hour rule.

(Edited for dumb mistakes.)

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(ditto)

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