Originally Posted by
mcrw00
When new people are added to the airport upgrade list in real time, is that because they are checking into the flight for the first time, or is it necessarily because they’ve newly requested the upgrade just hours before departure?
More than likely, it is people checking in for the flight for the first time. I usually check in about 1 to 2 hours before the flight and if I'm not already flying F or J, only at that point do I show up on the upgrade list, usually im somewhere between 1 and 3 in the list. So regardless of when anyone requests the upgrade (automatically at booking for EXPs and PPs,) they only show up on the list when they actually check in for it.