Originally Posted by
UAPremierExec
I saw this happen on my flight last week. By means of a friend at AS, there were 4 open in F at T-24, U was 0. 18 hours in, still 4 F, but 10 on the UG list, including a friend that's a Gold (#1/#2).
At T-2, F was now 0, U still 0, 2 names vanished off the UG list (now 8), and my friends stayed in Y.
If your friends were on the same PNR this is totally possible if they release U one at a time. You get skipped if your whole party can't get upgraded.
I almost always always travel solo so I am the beneficiary of this occasionally.