I am traveling from DXB-DFW by EK 221 in J on Sunday, 12th Feb. Expert Flyer flight availability reads as follows:

P4 A4 J4 C4 I3 O3 Y3 E0 R0 W0 M0 B0 U0 K0 H0 Q0 L0 T0 V0 X0

I am trying to block my seat online using 'Manage my booking' but am unable to. Every time I try, I get a message "Sorry, we are unable to save the changes. Please check all information and try again". I have tried doing this so many times now, a bit of that irritation is creeping into the conversations I have with my wife. And we all know how that is going to end.

The seat map shows only 6 seats available and only two of these are aisle seats. As as you folks can imagine, I am freaking out at the prospect of spending 16+ hours sitting between two other strangers. I know that a few of you might say that I could get lucky etc. etc. but I would not bet on it. God has never been that kind.

So the million dollar question is how good/bad are the op-up possibilities on this flight ( I am a Skywards gold and we all know how cool that is). If they are zero, I might as well prepare to drink heavily in the lounge before I board the flight.