Originally Posted by
Tomphot
That's what the T&C says - however wife who is GM and myself were both upgraded on a recent trip using the cert. The upgraded came at T-3 - the GM window.
There is a recent thread that verifies that it's not that uncommon.
+1. We were both upgraded when we used my certificates a couple of months ago on several segements. It even showed 'upgrade requested' on the itinerary until we cleared at the gate.
It appears to be a flaw in the recent change to the companion upgrade being allowed on LUT fares, but I'm not complaining