Originally Posted by
IAH-OIL-TRASH
You do know that the upgraded passenger list is always an alphabetical listing of names and is NOT in order of upgrade? Maybe they're upgrading by last name just for your flight. Is your last name "Zmith"? They ran out of seats before they got to Z

Yes, I do know it's sorted ascending.
However, in this instance, these were also the last 4 seats shown as open.
Oh well, I guess I'll just have to buy something worth eating instead of eating the dreaded domestic first meal