Originally Posted by
sbm12
Two things:
1) The SEQ number s the last tie-breaker after status and fare bucket, so it is important, but I woulnd't stress so much about it.
Just splitting hairs, but SEQ number isn't actually the tie breaker. It's the time added to the FC standby list.
SEQ is often used as an indicator of that, because they're usually the same, but they're not always.
Perfect example, I was recently on a 2-pax PNR (2 Plats), and I didn't realize that if there are 2 Elites on a PNR, it won't add either party to the FC standby list via OLCI (I won't make that mistake again!).
So, while we were SEQ 1 and SEQ 2, but not on the list. We did not get on the list until the airport could resolve it, which was much, much later.