Originally Posted by
teeceedee
15 minutes before boarding, I go to check and all seats taken with me still at
#1 . At closer inspection, the person who was
#2 has now cleared into 4A. Is there a way that this could happen in a legitimate way?
Originally Posted by
findark
Prior to the gate agent manually running the upgrade list, upgrades are cleared in a different order than the visible list. Most likely (assuming you were awaiting CPU),
#2 was someone with the same status and fare class who booked earlier than you did, but checked in later.
Yeah this was really bad luck for you that they opened CPU inventory right before the gate took control of the list.