Thank you for your reply. My bad - I should have said in my post that hubby has zero status. So what might the reasoning be given that add’l info?

I’m now #2 and he’s #7 out of 24 on a flight with 0 FC available, so we won’t get an upgrade. But I thought I’d find out about a situation such as this in case it comes up in the future, then I would know the appropriate action to take (if any).