Originally Posted by
SeattleFred
We both purchased the least expensive tickets available. She is being rewarded for purchasing hers a day later, not for choosing to pay $20 more for a higher booking code. Buying up to T was not an option presented to me, nor should it be as that would open up that ugly can of worms that encourages 1K's flying internationally to gamble by buying up to W for a chance to upgrade with a GPU.
You could have specified any fare class you wanted. That you chose the cheapest (and so did she) just means that you were willing to take your chances on the system. It worked the way it was supposed to.