Originally Posted by TXbizman

So after all that, I got my upgrade T-24 but there still were 4 seats left and no one on standby upgrade list. Great! as I was expecting. Then the following day, it was sold full but only half checked in. Long story short, when I got to the airport, there were 5 empty seats - 15 sold, 15 checked in.

In the end, the flight from IAH-LAX left with 2 empty seats in FC and the entire row of $$ Exit row empty. What a waste. I knew a couple of pax in coach that I could have upraded had I know that there weren't anyone eligble for upgrade. I mentioned to the GA about companion upgrade but the door was closing and I had no clue were the folks I knew were sitting... again, what a waste.