Originally Posted by josephstern

OK - so it does matter. I was upgraded before my friend. Very surprising to have this exact situation, but it happened.

And just to cement this in, it's in the notes on this page:

https://www.delta.com/us/en/skymiles...llion-upgrades

"All other things being equal, Members who have Million Miler Status will clear before Members that do not hold Million Miler Status. For Members who hold Million Miler Status, the Member with the higher number of lifetime flight miles will clear first."

We're both between 1 MM and 2 MM but I'm higher. Just to add: he did purchase his ticket before me. Neither of us have a Reserve card. He also has more MQD than me.