Last night I was on a flight from CUN to YUL and was in the number 1 spot for the PE flight on a fully booked flight. I held out until all the Zone 1 and 2 guests had boarded or the line cleared. Once boarding was completed there were three no-shows and the three PE seats remained vacant for the flight.

I checked the list immediately after boarding and the list was down to 1 person who was previously in position 4. Then they boarded and the list was empty. I mentioned this to the FA and she got another crew member to show me the system and they went into my name and showed that there was no way for them to know and therefore reassign people once they boarded. Seeing as my name was erased from the list immediately after I boarded, I am not sure how others were moved post boarding but it seems like a simple IT fix to not erase the upgrades upon boarding, it could be a little extra revenue from the extra copays.

The crew was great to have taken the time to show what information they had access to.