Originally Posted by
ac/elite
On a recent YVR-YYZ flight I was #2 on the list but the gate agent told me J was full and so was PY. I boarded my Y seat. A few minutes before departure they came and got me and upgraded me to PY. #1 on the list apparently got the seat of a J no-show and they gave me his PY seat.
I have had this happen to me twice; once on YYZ-FRA (Sept 2019) and once YYZ-MUC (April 2022). In both cases I was high on upgrade priority list (#1 or #2) but didn't clear before I boarded and made myself "comfortable" in my assigned Y seat. Both times noticed the GA and SD discussing something while pointing at printouts. Short time later SD approached me to move up to a no-show passenger's J seat