Originally Posted by
anteater
Excellent question. I am uncertain about the Standby List, but I would say yes / no for the Upgrade List.
AS’ website for complimentary upgrades state that one will be upgraded immediately once U space becomes available; however, the UG professor doesn’t always function or even function in a timely manner. So, U space may sit open between T-120 and Gate Control, allowing a pax to manually utilize that U space via GGUs. And, the AS page for GGUs only state that U space need be available. In theory, if between T-120 and Gate Control, pax on the FC UG list should always be upgraded until the list is exhausted.
At least with my experience yesterday, the U space opened up and I noticed before the processor. Applied the GGUs to non status family traveling on the plane with me (different reservation.) Then 15 minutes later the processor got to me and upgraded me on status alone. Theoretically I guess I could have jumped the queue in this situation. Caveat: maybe the processor would have stopped the GGU if U space was less, but that might be too sophisticated of an assumption.