I don't think I ever posted this. If I did I'm still interested in theories as to what happened. Please see the enclosed pic which shows #3 and #8 on the upgrade list clearing for a flight from JFK to BOS. This is about a month ago. I could find the exact date if necessary. Now this was a three class A321 and things were pretty delayed at JFK that day. The upgrades cleared before we started to board. I shouldn't complain since I was one of the two people upgraded. I was not IROPS although I was connecting from EDI. But, what leads to a cleared list like this? Did the gate agent know that numbers 1-2 and 4-7 were mis-conencts? That is really the most likely explanation I can think of.