Wanted to check if an upcoming flight was upgradeable, how many credits it would take, plus add on cost - was informed it was not eligible and showed my name with "Companion" underneath. Ummm, is this some new quirk??

Flight is YVR-US, AE award in PE, would have considered eup to J if no copay, as they'd likely just expire otherwise.

Please excuse my ignorance, but is PE->J simply not an eup option transboarder? Or is the "companion" bit a flag something larger has gone awry?

***As I was typing this, got an email to bid for the upgrade. No thanks. Noticed the bidding window is T-56, seems like an odd time frame.