Originally Posted by awax

I can't keep up with all the changes in SA boarding and UA's application of policy of the week so hopefully someone in the know can chime in.

Looking on Employee Res, there's a flight we're looking at with 3 business seats currently showing as available, we'd be #1 on the list, but, (and it's a HUGE but) there are 16 upgrades listed in the UPG column on EmployeeRes flight info.

My question is this:

Are the upgrades in the flight info column passengers who've already pledged miles to upgrade on this flight and are awaiting a seat assignment? (i.e. Those seats will go to revenue passengers, we just don't yet know who).

Or are the 16 upgrades passengers who'd be eligible to upgrade on a domestic segment, but don't automatically upgraded internationally?

I'm just trying to avoid a one leg commute to a standby goose egg. Thanks for any clarification on this.