Renewals are in December so even if you only missed your 2020 dues, it's unlikely you can get back in on any sort of grace period.

The best you're going to get is MAYBE an initiation fee waiver but I wouldn't count on that. Frankly, I'm not sure what the bylaws say about that.

Besides, if anyone on the wait list got wind of any "connection" used to bump another, there would be hell to pay.