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Old Nov 6, 2006 | 10:25 am
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AftOf245
 
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Originally Posted by k22
Waiting for midnight for 2 upgrades at 7 day window. Checked an hour ago (22.50) J5I5, no problem. Checked at 11.30, J5I1. What happened? Should I be suspicious?
Did you get the upgrades? Some people may be manipulating the system, for instance if at 11:30 pm you make a query for 4 "J" seats, those seats are put on hold for 20 minutes thus reducing the "I" bucket. There will always be a certain percentage of full "J" retained for each flight.
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