Originally Posted by
Garbageman
Except this is already past the 'boarding time' for international flights, which of course is never actually honoured at YYZ. Stupid me, but I'm always at the gate to meet the boarding time printing on my boarding pass, as I'm used to flying other airlines where this actually means something.
Well having taken hundreds of flights I canīt remember a single flight boarding earlier than T-40min, so processing the upgrades at T-55min or T-50min works perfectly fine IMO (since check-in only closes at T-60min).
As an E or SE you learn to ignore the BP and learn from experience.