Originally Posted by
mfirst
This entire system is wonky
my brother in law with no status and h ticket that he bought 48 hours ago got upgraded at last minute even though first was full (my pp) from lax-xxx
but me, 1k, on a h ticket also from two weeks ago, also tried using pp, died at #1 again on xxx-den (in fact, I’m going out on the same plane he arrived on two hours ago)
If first was already full, how did your BIL get upgraded?
Anyway, every flight should be viewed on its own, as the pax demographics can vary from one flight to another. Not sure any conclusion can be drawn from comparing two different flights. It's really the luck of draw these days.