Originally Posted by
ButenUnBinnen
I am pretty sure the 25 count is what you eventually see on the CPU list - every premier member eligible for upgrade... but that is new messaging. Never seen that before.
OP said flight was a CPU-ineligible int'l flight. I think the answer (as suggested) is a waitlist with instruments, money/miles, NSRAs. If the check-in upgrade is offered and paid, one would go right into BF and not on to a waitlist, I imagine...