I did! They cleared 5 upgrades at the gate; I was # 3. My companion got stuck in the back, since our records got split back in April and she's only a GM (she was down at the bottom of the list). Lesson here is: NEVER EVER EVER SPLIT A PNR (especially with the new rules).

Neither of us cleared ATL -> LAX (0 seats cleared at the gate)

On a related note, due to a comment the checkin agent made about having to reissue her ticket I have a sinking feeling that a GUC may have been accidentally burned on the really short hop for her today (EWR-> ATL... she would have cleared on her own!). I guess we'll see in a few days. Won't be happy if it got used (obviously). I tried to have them UG her at the gate instead of me LAX -> SYD to avoid any chance, but they wouldn't clear an upgrade out of order (for fear of being accused of SHENA I assume). So I guess we'll see what happens.

Anyways, just about to land in SYD (and no, this isn't the end of our journey today!)