Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Why weren't you standby for FC?
Because A is an "Up-fare", DL explains that this is a coach ticket which is upgraded to first at the time of purchase. Therefore, they put you in coach. The whole "up-fare" is a scam> DL misleads you into thinking you bought a FC ticket, when you are really buying a coach ticket and paying a fee to upgrade that ticket and the upgrade is nontransferable when you do SDC or SDS. Most DM agents would honor the class if you did SDC but the GA's were more reluctant. I think it was because the perceive DM as gamers taking all of the upgrades.
This issue should be taken care of now if the GA clears standbys prior to upgrades. However it will create more resentment when DM do SDS and people on the UG list watch the list grow at the last minute.