Right, I am not elite just a ho-hum flyer who doesn't fly enough (yet).

Just adding that on my flight from BDL back to DTW, I was not offerred an eUpgrade (reason: First was full). I was given the 500 bonus miles, plus the option to pre-board with elites and go through the elite line (they didn't have one, plus again only five ppl in line) for security.

From what RobOnLI said, my DBL-DTW flight there were at least 3 Upgrades given to elites who were waitlisted. They called them up right before we started boarding. So that is weird that a non-elite would have been given preference over elites waiting for an upgrade. Although when you think about it I am sure NW likes the real $$$ it gets for an eUpgrade.