I’ve had a similar experience. Booked to fly PER-AKL tonight and submitted a recognition upgrade request at the time of booking. Also submitted a One Up bid for my partner (separate PNR) at booking, which was declined yesterday. My recognition upgrade request meanwhile still hasn’t been accepted / declined. EF shows three seats free still so not sure what’s going on.

It’s frustrating as I am Silver but will reach Gold on this flight, so lose the upgrade if not accepted.