Originally Posted by
LTN Phobia
On a serious note, it also seems a bit bizarre to start upgrade seat allocation so early. The OP was talking about Nov flights, although if the OP is WP, then I can understand it being done early.
It makes sense to me. Better to re-allocate elite pax to a better seat now than to leave everyone's seat allocation alone and end up giving the better seat to a non-elite who happens to book later.