Originally Posted by
llstone
My first guess is that you may be flying on the public's dollar (i.e. government employee) and want to avoid any possible public backlash from flying up front.
You may have answered your own question. Looks like you'll just have to call the airline every time you're flying except when you're traveling at your own expense.
Best of luck.
Aren't there special government fares that are simply ineligible for upgrades?
I remove myself from the upgrade list every time I am flying with my wife, but otherwise I try for every CPU I can get on work travel. The occasional upgrade is a small consolation prize for spending a great deal of my life crammed in a metal tube.