Interesting Development
I checked in for my flight tomorrow and FC went from 4 seats taken to 12 taken (with 4 open) at some point between this morning and now. There are 8 people showing as upgraded. I'm not on the upgrade stand-by list either. My coworker checked in and is showing on the stand-by list. On phone with elite line and they are re-checking me in and calling the airport.
I'll post an update shortly.
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