Originally Posted by
sonora
When I was Gold I got UGs pretty often. It's certainly better than no status at all.
Yes, lower level elites used to get upgrades often enough.
But for the last couple of years, planes are flying pretty full and there just aren't that many empty F seats to give away. Heck, even as EXP I find that I often (perhaps 40-50% of the time) have to sit in the back of the plane.