Originally Posted by
js1993
Hope you enjoy the flight, your trip, and EXP status. But as for the latter, you're going to become miserable very quickly if you spend even a fraction of this amount of time worrying about upgrades. This was true pre-Covid and it's far more true now. Best to book a seat you can tolerate and then hope for the best.
You should always book a seat you can tolerate but unless you are based in a major hub upgrades should be pretty common. Not 100% but there are lots of people here who report 90%+ upgrade rates.