OP since you are good at making blanket statements, haven't you ever considered that these young, attractive, "wealthy" types are fairing better because they have higher loyalty status than gold people like you?

Quite clear that you were trying to score an upgrade or LCO since management told you it's simply not possible to offer this benefit to all gold guests. There's an order on who gets these benefits first and unfortunately for you, you're just way down at the bottom of the list.

Do yourself a favour and stop using the word 'inconsistent' and replace it with 'subject to availability'. This will help temper your expectations.