Okay so how do the above comments reconcile with the following statement from the elite guide;
The airport priority standby list is limited by the number of seats available in First Class on each aircraft. Once the list is full for a particular flight, the system will not accept additional names. This process is automatic; Elite Services reservations agents cannot add names to the standby list.
That statement seems to indicate to me that if a bunch of silvers arrive early and fill the list than late arriving golds and platinums can not even get on the list. Okay you are getting ready to leave for the airport and you do not have an upgrade and itn is showing P2 F0. How many names are put on the wait list. Two? Fourteen?
In fact during the time that I was silver I used that statement as a reason to arrive early and insure my placement on the list. Although and I mean a big
although now that I am a gold member i hear voice mails on
Elite Upgrade Messaging that state a couple of days before the flight that "your upgrade has not cleared for flight xxx and you have automatically been placed on the waitlist."
Confused as I am. Having said that I have had near-miraculous success over the years as a silver (better than my gold record) for upgrades. But and we will make this a big
but I still purchase an economy ticket and until I either hear a voice mail (which I do not erase immediately) or have my boarding pass in hand I fully expect and plan to sit in coach and insure that I have gotten the best seat available (per my preferences) in coach at the time I purchase the ticket or 90 days out if I've purchased the ticket prior.
[This message has been edited by magic111 (edited 04-08-2001).]