Originally Posted by Oneworldflyer64

On a HKG to TPE flight and was refreshing my mobile boarding pass before the flight. I saw I got upgraded to PEY which was nice, but right before boarding I got downgraded back to economy again. I asked the crew what happened and they told me that someone with the same status as me (gold) decided to buy an upgrade at the last minute and that I was downgraded back to my original seat. Once I was to board, I actually got bumped up to PEY again. Now I’m not complaining since I eventually did get the upgrade but more out of curiosity, can they downgrade you for reasons like this? Also, what the staff told me was obviously a lie if I managed to get the upgrade in the end.