Regardless if it's true, the bottom line is that we as pax have very little sway into the decision as to who gets a free upgrade.
Originally Posted by
mayodave
To be found on the Facebook page called CX Secrets
Status Update
By CX Secrets
#534
With Amex Centurion/Gold giving out so many fake DM and GO status respectively. I find myself giving more and more op-ups and seat preferences to SL members who most likely earned their status the hard way. Does anyone else feel the same?
Re-reading this, it could be interpreted another way. It could be saying that the computer has been giving out upgrades to Silvers more frequently since the computer knows to discount "fake DM and GO status". So the check-in agent has noticed that more and more free upgrades are going to Silver members,
not that they have decided who gets the upgrade.
Besides, there are so many check in agents at different desks and locations. It's not like any particular agent is going to be able to sort through the list of pax for a particular flight and pick and choose the quota. The only person/people who can do this are the people in "airport control" office who might analyse a manifest and do this - and they are far removed from the people who are sitting at the check in desk.