Rules for 2002 WP program appeared to return to the "if there's a seat for sale, 2X miles will claim it for an award" practice of a few years ago, as is still practiced by Delta and United. A less-binding capacity constraint isn't the same as no capacity constraints. Your experience suggests that RuleBusters aren't as useful as NWA would have us believe.

Now, what's the value of WP miles if 2X standard award value still doesn't get us a seat?