whats your boarding pass sequence #? and what is your colleague's boarding pass sequence #?

you mentioned he was upgraded 12 hours before the flight, was that when he checked in? or was that still on the eupgrade page?

if i recall what AY said, if you requested upgrade as a nominee you are first waitlisted under the member's status (if travelling together)....if not, i wonder if they just consider every nominee as non status until at the airport when they could physically validate/check.......