Originally Posted by
T-15.01
yep - technically - by the way the 'rules' if you will, are written, you are no longer eligible to receive the comp upgrade once you're boarded. but many of us, me included have seen passengers processed after boarding, where they do indeed move people. gate agents have quite a lot of discretion and this is sometimes a positive, but sometimes not.
Heck, I've
received a battlefield upgrade. It's rare, granted. But I just don't read the quoted rule as implying what seems to be a general inference (i.e. that boarded passengers forfeit upgrade eligibility).