Originally Posted by
justforfun
Agreed. The requiremrnt that at you need to be present at the gate the moment your upgrade clears or you lose it is completely fabricated. How about mobile boarding passes that get automatically updated with your new seat? Why on earth would you think you had to go to the gate to claim it. Ludicrous.
OP was told to check at the gate - GA had no reason to believe OP would make the flight, considering the lines in CDG