Originally Posted by
eng3
Im more curious about why she wanted to see your BP. Just in case you were sitting in the wrong seat? To see if you were Silver, Gold or Plat?
Did you see her go ask anyone else if they willing to switch? I would assume most in the cabin had paid less and/or is lower than GS.
Most likely it was because OP was the only seat on the manifest the FA was unsure about. GS makes an issue of the seat, FA looks at manifest for a nonrev, finds none, but sees one seat as "empty". FA goes to that seat to figure out what's up, and realizes it is a properly upgraded customer. Flustered, she proceeds through the request in a somewhat awkward way by mentioning status and ticket price, but then moves along and tells the GS 'sorry'. She does all of this in a very polite and professional way.
Agree that this is a "strange" request, in the sense that is does not happen on most flights, but agree with those that say that the request was made, was declined, and that is the end of it. It seems OP agrees there too.