Originally Posted by
machong
I have a general question about upgrades. On a flight that would require 2 of the 500 mile upgrades....if no one requests upgrades on the flight, would they them upgrade based on status for free, meaning you won't use 2 of your 500 mile upgrades?
Only if the flight is oversold and they need to move coach passengers into First. In this scenario, Elites would be moved before non-status passengers. But lazy GAs might also dump non-elites without seat assignments into those empty seats just to make their lives easier.