I gotta tell you this is pretty crappy
Just checked in online; not only did i NOT get an MCS seat (even though there are at least 8 available), the upgrade to F is not $240 as I heard, but something like $400
So , there are plenty of seats available in MCS and in F, but an Elevate Gold doesnt get access to those I guess.
And I thought UAL had a crappy upgrade process,