Originally Posted by
Paplover
Last year as a PM I was using a RUC and was watching the upgrade list and went from 3 to 12 or something. Went to the GA to see what happened and she said she was protecting the upgrades for DM. Asked for a red coat and eventually got the upgrade without the red coat showing up.
Good for you for paying attention and challenging the GA politely to get the upgrade that you earned and to which you were entitled as a published benefit of applying your earned RUCs. One wonders whether that GA tries to rewrite the upgrade priority rules for every flight she handles.