Agreed . I am in the same boat but waiting on SYD LAX and SFO SYD to clear 6 & 7 months out respectively. Almost empty seatmaps/cabins in Business .

In my case, we are 1K and 1P on same pnr. Should I split or not split? Mini DG is the 1P.

Different 1K agents I have spoken to, all said DONT split as they feel Mini DG will go way down the list of pax waiting for upgrades. I called them all ready to split pnr and that is what I was told . Issue is that DM do sometimes only release one seat at a time.