Originally Posted by
rapidex
Your CIV number has nothing to do with the likelihood of upgrades. BA uses a much more complicated algorithm than that, and often hands out upgrades to BAEC Blues over BAEC Golds.
Not strictly correct. Yes it is FAR more complicated than that, but in the absence of any passengers IAG may want to move to try a higher cabin, or have other reasons to upgrade, the higher you are up the status list, the more likely you are to get upgraded on any given flight.