Originally Posted by RobOnLI

Well, at the moment the only way you can upgrade is paying for the seat. There's no guarantee you will miss the upgrade but #8 for 7 seats is a horrible position and not looking good. If you really want to fly up front then I suggest paying for the upgrade now and removing the PlusPoints. Otherwise, let it go to the gate and see what happens. In the day of free changes there's a lot more volatility in the seat map up until departure than there used to be.

BTW, how many total on the upgrade list?

-RM