Yesterday I flew UA106 LAX - ORD in Y and was upgraded to NC. I had assumed that the upgrade was complimentary. However, when I arrived at the Sky West counter for my first flight they told me that it would be 4 e-500s for the upgrade. So, I have two questions:

1) Do 1Ks traveling in Y get complementary upgrades? If so, how are these executed?

2) Is a government Y the same as a non-government Y?

Thanks! Jeff