All taken on board, thank you.

on a side note: if I don't end up getting upgraded (see also, my hopeful if not delusional nature) - does anyone have any tips on decent seats in Y? I will pay for E+ obviously but oddly, I've not flown international Y in years and have had the good fortune to only be in biz or higher on long hauls on recent trips so I can't recall since college days how miserable I will be.

I am quite tall, slim female, 5'11 .. usually I avoid bulkhead bc it seems to be a sort of communal bonfire situation and I don't deal well with people huddling over me (who does?). but I'm thinking row 32 with bulkhead in this case is likely a good idea for my legs on the 15 hour journey.

If I have a window and regular E+ I might drive the aisle person completely insane and it doesn't seem like much room at all to stretch. If anyone regularly or has flown Y on this route or 777-200's of similar configuration, and has any advice on placement, I will be booking this flight soonish hopefully unless I decide to yes monitor my options which I am at the moment.

of course none of the seatmap sites have the updated 777 layout on them. Also what I'm understanding is there is only a first/biz not 3 cabin placement now on this plane? anyway sorry for all the hemming & hawing. I do realize I sound insane, no need to point it out

lastly the professor that I work for is from delhi and does the trip constantly from NYU back to visit and lecture, when speaking with him today he told me that he'd far prefer doing the layover if it meant greater chance of being in biz than doing that many hours cramped. he also mentioned it being nice to stop and not be on a plane for a couple of hours, which sort of goes against everything I imagine as far as just getting it over with all in one sitting. but again, something to think about.