Originally Posted by
FL370esq
First-time Captain upgrade is a "get out of seat-lock" card but it isn't necessarily "free" because you will tack-on the seat-lock incurred for the Capt AE/VD to the exisiting seat-lock you are trying to get out of. See 22.G.6 of the PWA.
Unless you get MD, which resets your freeze to 0.