For the example above, they cleared the UGs at 13 days prior. What are people seeing for other upgrade timelines? I'm flying DXB-MIA on a J award 8AUG and had requested an auto-upgrade. A couple weeks back, I took a look at my booking, and didn't see the auto-upgrade mentioned, but it let me confirm an upgrade to F. My companion, however is still waitlisted. I'm only seeing my seat allocated, so it seems there are still F7.

Separately, we'd prefer to fly a day later and have been keeping an eye on award inventory. If award inventory opens for J, I expect i will get my UG miles returned and have to re-waitlist? Is there any chance they'd move me over in F if there's availability? I have no status with EK.