Flights: March 9 Flight 1209 (AUS->IAH) connecting to flight 1162 (IAH->SEA). Note that 1162 is a 757 that continues to ANC...
Passenger Status: 1K
Fare class of the person being offered the upgrade: H / H
Upgrade cost: believe it was $129. Was definitely below $200 and ended in a "9".
Upgrade never cleared on either segment. On the long leg I was #6 on the "did not upgrade" list, and sat next to another 1K that said she ended up #11. On the short leg I didn't really care/check.
I called the 1K desk a couple of times the previous evening & morning of the fight (both after OLCI) and was told there was nothing they could do, nor could they check status of those ahead of me on the waitlist. (Obviously they "can" but I can believe it would be impractically laborious for them to do so.)