Upgrade given: Y - J

Upgrade location: Gate

Route: e.g. LHR-DXB

Tier status: Gold

Number of pax on the same PNR: Single

I get quite a few opups and dint bother reporting them, but this was a bizarre one. The first flight went tech, the later afternoon flight was running late, I was in Y. They were transferring as many Y pax as possible to the non-tech flight (J and F full on the latter) bit I declined the switch as I'd already missed my connection by hours and I didn't want to swap an exit row seat for a middle one.

By the time the delayed flight started boarding, for which I was near the front of the queue, the dispatcher appeared at the lounge boarding door to report that there were now only two passengers left in Y on this A380 flight so we were stuck into J.

That was, as they say, a result! The delay was less welcome.