By the way the policy is written, your chances for an upgrade should not be any different now than before the GoFirst/GoEnvoy program. Those seats are to only be sold after elites have been cleared. We do know there have been instances at various airports where the gate agents have done gate upgrades to people willing to pay before clearing elites, though. Hopefully that practice will stop.Before GoFirst came about I had pretty good luck upgrading when I thought I would upgrade. Now, I don't think I've gotten a single upgrade. Envoy used to be the only real chance, however that will change soon enough with GoEnvoy. Sigh.