Originally Posted by
Wpgjetse
No one should be able to upgrade until they get next years upgrade credits. They should start showing up in Nov. All flights should be open for upgrades unless a lot of J tickets have been sold for that flight.
There are multiple ways, right now, to get credits with an expiry date beyond next February.
The most public is the small business rewards thing. It requires $20k in spend, so every SE should be eligible.
So it's quite easy for someone else to snag an upgrade before the OP gets credits.