As long as the OP doesn't turn into this DYWKIA character I had the misfortune of nearly encountering at a lounge reception recently, everything should be good:
QF pax, asking EK lounge staff directly what the criteria for a complimentary upgrade was - told, only when oversold, but the flight is not too full, so only a slim chance. He then proceeds into the lounge.
He then storms back to the reception, throws his card on the desk (QF Platinum) and demands that EK management "come and visit him at his office on Monday" - upon being asked if there was a problem with the lounge food or service, he replies, no they are both excellent, but he is angry at the way EK treats its "airline partners badly". When he travels with oneworld airlines he claims to always be offered complimentary upgrades, even if J class is empty. Because he's a Qantas platinum he is a "valued customer" and said that EK should offer complimentary upgrades to "high tier members like him" even if it isn't oversold.
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Personally I think that kind of aggressive behaviour warrants an offload, not an upgrade, but then I suppose it's an argument against offering upgrades
Also, I was a bit disappointed to miss the entire exchange because I don't think I could resist saying that QF Platinum is still "outranked" by QF Platinum One and QF CL
as well as take umbrage with his complimentary upgrades on oneworld bs - although I don't think he would have been happy...