Originally Posted by
NoHaz
Not the case anymore. They got rid of the excess process and the new process allows them to peel from the bottom. The former bid to relieve process always prevented them from taking a few off the bottom in HKG so they could decrease the passover pay numbers. Evertime they excessed a few seats in HKG the top guys would bid to relieve to score the house hunting and other benefits in the package.
Sorry for the bad info, I did not look to se the changes in that section. I last looked into it when I was bidding to relieve excess when 4.a.2.b was alive.