The heat keeps getting turned up in this pot, and I don't like it. Maybe I'm irked after experiencing 4x times in the last week this wonderful new boarding process , but there is just no end to the changes not-in-our-favor.

My real life example: fly LH r/t to Europe from Sao Paulo, where I am most likely stuck in an E- seat (I'm 6'3") if it doesn't clear, or fly AF and buy into their extra legroom. This is for travel over Christmas, so if my GPUs don't clear (assuming the folks at GRU even know how to do it), I get those GPUs redeposited by... what, 1/31/14? Or, assuming I have actually received my 2015 expiration GPUs in time, can I specifically request a long-expiration GPU?

Amen to the earlier suggestion of electronic, confirmable upgrades ^