Great post, JerseyCityS! During my status match to UA 1K challenge, I have never been denied a PDB when (though the percentage of the time isn't as good) I've been upgraded on UA. Can't say the same for AA this year, as my signature shows. For better or worse, the majority of my AA flights this year have either been international or LUS, so I've been lucky. On LAA flights its a crapshoot. Sad!