I am generally pleased with my upgrades. However, I am puzzled by the following:
1. Never been able to get upgrades from my home town Columbus, Ohio. I feel that CMH agents discriminate.
2. In Atlanta, had my name on top of the list with 2 seats available marked. Suddenly, the entire wait list disappeared. When I asked, the gate agent said all seats were taken and asked me to board when my row was announced. Yet, immediately after I boarded and comfortably seated, the FA came to my seat and said that I was upgraded!
3. When I travel with my wife, even if an upgrade is available, the gate agent assumes that we both need upgrades and penalises me by not including me. My wife and I are mature enough to be separated for a couple of hours if one of us could be upgraded.
4. May be I am invisible or insecure in first class. Perhaps, I am too thin for the wide first class seats that I often cringe to one end of the seat!