Don't feel too bad about being on the waitlist so long. I bought tickets (I fare) in February for our family of 4 for a mid Dec. flight SAN-EWR-LGW and back. I then waitlisted using miles and $. Got the upgrade to BF for EWR-LGW-EWR in September, the day after I hit Gold. Still waiting on the transons to come through. Availability still looks good, so I'll post if we get lucky.