Originally Posted by vernonc

My sample size of 1 (2 if you include companion fare), booked in Latitude. R=0. Upgrades cleared after a few days. So not sure if it was a time/weekly auto sweep or if there was manual intervention. J=9 on EF. So I would not say its more likely to be true, probably a factor of how many J seats remain at the time of eupg request and whatever algorithm they use to forecast seats that will be sold. I booked 4 months before departure.