Originally Posted by CrawlingThroughNewark
I'm traveling with my wife on the same R/T. I am Co Gold. Do I need to contact Co in advance to seek a companion upgrade?
You can only request this at the airport. If you are both on the same PNR then the system will skip over you rather than process you via EUA. Do a search for more details.
With regard to most of the plane qualifying for EA, that really depends on the route you are on. EWR-SFO/IAH that often happens. EWR-MCO it almost never does.