Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Apparently at the time of the upgrade, there was only one FC seat released (or remaining as available after others higher on the list had been cleared) in the appropriate inventory bucket for free elite upgrades on the flight.
Here's the interesting thing... we were already in the 72 hour window when he became GM. (we'd moved to C+ already at 72hrs) I went in his account, checked and unchecked his UG requests and then he went from coach to FC. So, it was like he leap-frogged us when he became GM.
Also, I confirmed, I booked the two tickets first, then Mr. Curl's two minutes later.