The post-merger "upgrade list" is particularly confusing to us PMUA types because it looks a lot like the PMUA upgrade list, but it's not quite the same.
The current upgrade list shows two kinds of people:
- Pax who have been upgraded already for whatever reason (e.g., CPU at their window).
- Pax who are checked in and on the upgrade list (but not yet upgraded).
Your flight is far enough in the future (48+ hours) that almost certainly nobody is checked in yet. All 9 pax on the list were upgraded, either with miles/instruments or Y/B/M-up, or CPU at their window. 8 more F seats have been sold, and 7 are left for upgrades/sale.
While there are some issues with the upgrade process these days (e.g., lack of transparency), I don't think it deserves as much worry as you may be giving it. You're almost certainly on the "behind the scenes" upgrade list, and you'll appear on the visible one as soon as you check in. Your checkin time has almost no effect on your upgrade priority (it does break ties, but AFAICT that's all -- if you check in 2 hours before the flight, you'll immediately float above all the pax with lower status on the visible upgrade list).
I do tend to check in early these days if my upgrades haven't cleared in advance, but that's just because I can't obsessively check my position on the list until I've checked in.
