I'm just picking up all the posts since this a.m. and at 2:02 eastern time; todays 5:15 p.m. flight was A3 F3 so it appears you guys are correct about the 3.5 or 3.25 F dump. Tomorrow Tuesday 11/19 is A2 F0 and Wed is A3 F0; I will follow Tuesdays dump much closer;
Assuming I was flying today Monday; I'm guessing I would be best off checking in right at the counter (as opposed to the kiosk) to try to get one of the F3's rather than wait for the EUA to run at the 3.0 hour mark. One more question; would the CO agent tell me that she can't manually upgrade me at this point in time? like they do more than one day out (but within your 5 day "for plats" window )when you see F1 and call to get it; they usually say I can't do that we must let the EUA system give you the seat.
Edited to Add: For todays (Mon)flight at 3:15 p.m. two hours prior to the 5:15 p.m departure it was A0 F0
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by monitor:
Trojan Horse - A point of information. As of last week I believe that CO was in fact dumping all of the As into the F bucket at the 3.5 hour window on every flight from DCA and IAD.</font>
[This message has been edited by TrojanHorse (edited 11-18-2002).]