Originally Posted by
Flying for Fun
They do & sometimes flights depart with empty F seats, too. The point is that they gain parity with higher Elites. It never made sense to me that 2 MVPs on the same PNR were excluded from upgrades. You can't book separate PNRs with a Companion Certificate and most would be more comfortable traveling together on a single PNR award booking, especially if it is on an AS flight to a partner gateway.
If there is only one seat in F, they now have the ability, if desired, to split the PNR and one take the upgrade, just like higher Elites.
Yeah, I was being a little bit snarky, having it missed an upgrade so many time as a higher level elite in recent years.
Assuming the new companion upgrade feature for MVPs also applies to PC, that might be the most useful part of it.