Originally Posted by
rjw242
Well, even if they did upgrade, as I understand it the upgrade timestamp is preserved on same-day changes. So if they requested upgrades before you on the original itinerary, they'd be above you on their new flight. And as
fezzington noted, upgrades will soon be prioritized by annual spend anyway, so this will be moot in a couple months
Timestamp preservation would explain it..... in any given year I spend too much on a lot of my flights so, given the same situation in 2018, I'll go up to the guy, shake his hand, and tell him that he earned it. :-)