Originally Posted by
railroadtycoon
I'm no expert but because you couldn't do OLCI and you couldn't check-in via the kiosk by yourself, you were preselected for SSSS before you even got to the airport.
Actually that's not necessarily true with these upgrade certs. In this case, there is a check-in inhibitor that's placed on the PNR when one calls in for an upgrade. That's to make sure that the upgrade certificates are presented at check-in. Hence the reason why my Safari points were so low.
These certs are going electronic now, which will alleviate the hassle. Thankfully.