Originally Posted by
avidflyer
Also, there are some great strategic moves you can make while checking in to better your chances. It has been reported that if you check in and do not get the ug the proper thing to do is to quit the check-in (you are already on the waitlist as soon as you get the message on line) and go back later and try again. I can report that this absolutly did work for me once. I quit check-in, went back later and tried and the system gave me the UG on line.
My understanding is that "re-checking-in" only works if an R-bucket seat opens up between your attempts at OLCI. Or, worded differently... you'll get the OLCI upgrade if there's an R-bucket seat available, for each time you attempt OLCI. It's risk-management. Do you check-in once at 23:59, and (presumably) are at the top of the BF upgarde list? Or do you keep checking-in during the 24 hours, hoping to get a confirmed OLCI-upgrade, (presumably) resetting your OLCI time, hurting your BF chances? I'd say as a Plat, go for the 23:59. As a Silver, do the re-checking-in thing. But that's presuming that re-doing OLCI resets your OLCI time.
The best solution would be to check-in at 23:59 (to get to the front of the list for BF), have access to the R-bucket data and find some way to configure something to alert you when an R-bucket seat becomes available, then re-do the OLCI to snag the R-bucket seat. That way you have access to both solutions... you'll either be at the top of the OLCI list, and/or get the R-bucket seat if it becomes available.
Steve B.