Stopped by the counter this afternoon to buy a restricted (V) ticket to FLL for day after tomorrow returning in three days and asked the agent for Platinum upgrades. All I got then was the standard party line, "That's all done automatically."
So I asked her for some Elite seats and figured I would work on the UGs over the telephone when I got to the office. At which stage, she proceeded to start to get me the seating but suddenly she looked up with surprise and said "It gave you 2A on the outbound." She looked again and sure enough, it had given me 3A on the return.
This was my first daylight sighting of EUA when buying a restricted ticket. Is it now happening to everyone? Some times? Every time?