Originally Posted by
zurfer
Update. First of all I appreciate the responses, insight and additional data points on this matter. Thank you. Secondly, just to confirm FC certificate upgrades a no go on the outbound flight from HNL to the west coast. Finally, the return flight was good news bad news. Our request to use certificates was "approved" 72 hours before the flight. The bad news is my wife and I sat across the aisle.
Well, they are upgrades. You are lucky that you weren't a couple rows away from each other on opposite sides of the plane.