I will be getting Copa silver through my credit card. I know its not much but if I am using United miles for tickets with Copa how do I have the chance of getting upgraded? I fly at off times as I am 4 hours from pty so there are always a lot of business class seats available. Does United status match? Do my traveling partners have a chance at getting upgraded? Wife and 2 3 year olds? So that will be an anchor either way.

Going forward I will be earning Connect Miles on paid trips and some credit card spend so it will be less of an issue. But now I have about a million United and UR miles to use.