Originally Posted by
Changeup2000
AC usually does not give out complimentary upgrades. If you do the gate upgrade, it is usually the LMU amount or published eups.
But in your case you may indeed get a great LMU price when checking in.
I wasn't referring to a complimentary upgrade. I had meant rather than bidding for an upgrade, I maybe could have let the flight upgrade list go to the gate and see if I would have been able to score an eUp at the gate through regular means considering where the fare buckets are now with me as an 75K, CC, M fare