Well, I can tell you now that I'm Silver flying on an H fare. However, when I went on the waitlist, I wasn't elite; I'm under the impression that it's one's status at the time of reservation that determines the pecking order, not one's status at the time of departure.

I'm flying PEK-IAH-PEK, by the way. To IAH 12/16 and back to China 1/3.

Scott