<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by TravelLover:
However, couldn't the gate agent have upgraded another passenger into first, opening a coach seat for IP?</font>
The only passengers who would have been entitled to an upgrade would have been elite passengers or those with certificates/miles. If all these passengers were accomodated and there were free seats in first class, no other passengers should be upgraded (at least not to accomodate standbys).
[This message has been edited by keithguy (edited 05-04-2003).]