Originally Posted by IndyMan
So, place your bets now. I'm giving 5 to 1 odds that I get ripped off.
IndyMan, I was in the same place you were last year. Had the choice between an X ($500 + a $450 each way UG Fee) or a H ($~1,300 + 0 UG fee each way). Of course, R was non-existent so that meant regardless of how much I'd paid, I'd be on a waitlist.
Bought the X fare
and only one upgrade cleared.

Cost to me: $~900 - I saved $400 by going the way of the X fare vis-ŕ-vis the H one. CO gets a big

for pushing H's for the "reward"

of going to the waitlist.
They need a Plat + reward that allows one to “rulebust” their way into BF assuming a min fare class is purchased (e.g. H).
Good luck.