Originally Posted by BadoRas

I had auto upgrade set on EK408 DXB-MEL on 15 September.

I was in Ethiopia with no internet access, but luckily visited a hotel with internet available 4 days before and incredibly received notification 10 minutes later. EF was showing 8 empty seats in F and up until the airport took control, no other seats were taken, and I must assume I was the only Z upgrade.

F was full on that trip so probably the balance was checkin and onbard upgrades.

This is the first time I have used auto upgrade, with low expectations due to previously documented experiences of FT members. But it worked well for me.