That is a big minus for me. On several occasions, like next month, I meet up with a companion somewhere en route then we travel to our destination from there. So by definition we are never in the same reservation/PNR. So no chance for a companion gate upgrade which is too bad.
Another great way Delta is destroying the program.
Agreed - I frequently travel EAU-MSP-XXX with an employee that travels CMX-MSP-XXX and the benefit has been handy.
Although not so much with all the DL elites crawling all over our flights. Missed my upgrade ATL-MSP last week.