Originally Posted by
benly2
....T-19h: Get an email from United saying my upgrade cleared. Looking back on the upgraded list, there's a total of 2 people upgraded, me being the second. On the standby list, I see people still waiting who were previously ranked above me.
Any explanations on what happened here? It was my understanding that even if R space opens up, the pecking order should still take the first people off the upgrade standby list.
The visible list is only used at the gate, until T-3 or 4 the invisible list can still be used. The time criteria is different between the two list -- those above you likely had the same status and fare class but had requested an upgrade after you did (so lower on the invisible list) but checked in before you did (so higher on the visible list).