Might just try the mileage return idea, thanks. My CO Plat broham would appreciate getting it back I'm sure.

Site shows 17 upgrades. Those were the ones all showing up on the list. The part that's confusing / interesting / suspicious or whatever is that the final 10 UGs processed never showed up on the UG standby list (so they all checked in one at a time and cleared to F simultaneously?) - and those same three names (currently #1, 3, 4) were there on the UG standby list at T-16 hours or whatever, when F was only 10/20 booked. So I guess all 10 could have been higher status/fare basis than the 3...or they could be TOD, or flight switchers, or who knows what.