Originally Posted by aguyatdsa

I fly infrequently and don't know much about how things work, so I'm wondering if my opup story is pretty standard or not.

I had an L ticket on an overbooked 1 AM LAS-IAH flight. As I was walking to the gate about 20 min before departure, I heard "Final boarding call" for my flight, followed by "Flight is closed" over the speakers. As I hurried to the gate, I saw the person in front of me check in normally at the gate. When I got there, the GA asked for my boarding pass and handed me back a new one with a first class seat!

I find it kind of odd that I was randomly selected for an upgrade to first class. I hadn't been put on a volunteer list and I have no status with CO. Did I just get lucky?