Air New Zealand Air Points - Upgrade advice - PE or BP

Hi all!

I'm flying NZ2 LAX-LHR on the 30th. Booked in Y, and going to request a standby upgrade. Not too worried if it's an upgrade to PE or BP, just as long as I can escape the economy seat that is all the boss is willing to pay for.

Looking at availability on flightstats.com, BP seems to still have a few seats (can't see R availability), but PE is completely sold.

Based on everyone's experience, am I better off trying for a BP upgrade knowing that (so far) the cabin isn't full, or is it a better bet to try for a PE upgrade and cross my fingers that at least one seat in the cabin gets freed up by someone upgrading to the pointy end of the plane?

As I say, I'm not too worried which cabin I end up in. Just trying to move forward of row 34 a little. :)

Try for BP. If they can't give it to you they may well give you PE anyway--it's happened to me.

I agree, go for BP.

I don't know what others' experiences have been, but frequently when I look on ExpertFlyer it seems that u/g award buckets into PE seem to run out a lot faster than for BP, so you might have a better chance as counterintuitive as it may seem!