Shortly after Worlds, I read somewhere that there is some ambiguousness with the rule that if a country can't use a spot (such as a French pair without proper citizenship), that spot always will be awarded at the qualifying event (Nebelhorn this year).
Evidently, it is stated clearly that in cases in which all other countries that earned multiple spots at Worlds would be able to use them, the "unused" spot would be allocated later at the qualifying event (Nebelhorn this year). HOWEVER, there is nothing in writing about cases such as the U.S. pairs, which earned two spots but so far will only have one spot for Olympics.
Does anyone else remember reading something like this?
I've never seen anything ambiguous about the allocation of unused Olympic entries. Olympic entries that countries that earn at the World Championships or at the Qualifying event, and are than unable to fill are reallocated to the next country inline based on the results of the Qualifying event. I've never seen anything (or than wishful thinking from some fans) that would indicate that the US might can an additional entry based on unused entries from another country.