I was on the same boat. A PP status, put my mom on the EWR-HKG flight using my SWUs. She was never on the UG list and did not get the UG for the flight.

So my question is why she was never on the list? If her name was physically on the list, I wonder if she would have gotten UG'ed (a few people on the actual list got UG'ed). I assume those people who got UG'ed maybe miles UG.

Another question then is what is the priority of UG? I am a PP elite, used my SWU on a non-elite (my mom). Where would she have placed on the list?

What if I am the one using the SWU for myself, how would that change the priority?

So far this year, I still have all 4 my SWUs! Would be ashame that I won't be able to use them this year.