Originally Posted by
njcommodore
Only possibility I can think of is Pplat on same fare with SWU that checked in between when you checked your wife in and when you checked yourself in. Seems astronomically improbable, but that's the only explanation that comes to mind.
That couldn't have been it either as they didn't appear on the UG list for ~16 hours after we had checked in.
I suspect Shenanigans. I called the PPlat line, and they consulted with a colleague, and put me on hold for a bit only to tell me that they couldn't think of why the system should do it and suggested that either:
1) There was a different set of priority than what they understood (not likely)
2) It was an IT bug (possibly related to multiple system upgrades)
3) Someone at the local airport did it, for whatever reason, potentially even for some valid reason (Contract employees at HNL, not CO Employees BTW) (most likely)
When I got to the airport I went to the United Club (Legacy RCC) and asked them to check my place on the UG list as a GS who had waitlisted several months back they moved me to #1 on the list immediately.
As it turns out after boarding 2 FC seats opened up, and my wife & I got them, thanks to my "babysitting" my upgrade. I still dont really have any idea what place I really "Should" have been in though.
EDIT: The agent did explain that my Wife was correctly listed before me because my SWU effectively gave her my status for the upgrade, and since everthing else was the same (Fare, time of waitlist, time of purchase) time of check-in was the tiebreaker.