Originally Posted by
bretthexum
I have coworkers who have done this in the past and it was never complimentary upgrade eligible. Did something change? Even doing a dummy booking it shows no upgrade to first class.
That's what I was thinking too, but I couldn't find anything that said definitively. Assuming that this route is considered TATL though (and I'm relatively certain it is), it is not listed as an exemption and so would not be upgrade or ruc eligible (regardless of what kind of aircraft flies it).