Any updates on companion upgrades on Alaska? They said "later this year" last year, and now the language just says "later".

I've had a few flights with a companion (using the Alaska companion pass), it seems like Alaska won't ever process an upgrade automatically if I have a companion in the same reservation, even an upgrade for just me. I have once successfully gotten the gate agent to add me to the upgrade list, but all the upgrades were already processed by that time.

When I'm in a reservation by myself, I always have my upgrade cleared a few days in advance for both AS- and AA-coded flights. It would be great if I could get a companion upgraded or at the very least me.