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UA-NYC
Oh, you mean the process that leads to all these posts saying "SMI/J cleared into 1A, yet that seat went out empty?!?!" No thanks.
I don't think it's a big deal to be at the boarding area 10 minutes before boarding. Allows you to (sometimes) actually pick your F seat if you see your name on the GDS under "cleared pax". I don't understand why PMCO will wait until 1/2 the plane has boarded to process final upgrades - just do it before boarding starts!
Misconnects are a different story, I had a UA GA come on board to move me up once (to PS C), that was nice
I'm fascinated by how you're determined to turn this into a rant against PMCO upgrades - it's nothing to do with that, and anomalies (which happen on UA too) certainly don't happen often enough to worry about.
Upgrades are processed on PMCO before boarding too - you just don't have to be there when it happens.