<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by SRQ Guy:
There's one hard and fast rule of thumb for upgrades when travelling with anothe rperson:
It's a brave (or more likely very stupid) man who upgrades himself and lets his wife sit in coach. 
Other than that there are no rules. </font>
Even those rules are made to be broken. My wife and I are BOTH USAirways Gold Preferred and we both understand the value of upgrades. If one of us chooses to stay up until midnight to call in to confirm upgrades, it is understood that the person calling will get the upgrade if there is only one available. I DO give my wife first choice of whether she wants to make the call or not. Also, when we are both on the standby list, we tend to take turns on who gets the seat if there is only one available. I suspect that the fact that we are both large people means that sitting together in coach seats is physically less comfortable than sitting next to the average stranger which means that we are not terribly unhappy when our partner gets upgraded but not us.
I also think that the fact that with equal status, we each have an equal shot at that First Class seat (unlike spouses of many Frequest Flyers) makes a difference in attitude.
[This message has been edited by rtpflyer (edited 03-08-2002).]