Originally Posted by llbean
When I went thru the same questions recently I was told
The waiting list you are on is valid only until the day of the flight. ON the day of the flight a brand new list is created with all SE first and then Elites. Elites are then ordered according to the fare (ie you will be higher then someone with L). In case of a tie in status and fare they are ranked according to time of check in.
As far as I know there is no such rules for the pre-day of flight waiting list but SE do get priority.
Yep.
However, many gate agents do not follow this "suggested" method.
I will post later what happened with the upgrade situation on flight AC141 YYZ YYC this past Monday. I get mad thinking about it, and I KNOW that mtacchi won't be too pleased either.
If you were on this flight and were SE, E, or P and sitting in Y (which was oversold), then I'll tell you that there were non-status op-ups that got your J seat (oh, and before you politically correct members of this forum jump all over me for assuming that I'm assuming -- I suggest holding your opinion before until I after I post the details).