I agree w/ the OP. On the 744 I always go for the upperdeck even though the seats are a couple of inches shorter. More spacious cabin FTW. A few weeks ago SFO-PEK they downgraded the aircraft from a 744 to a 772 and I was put into the middle of a 2x4x2, and I was seriously bummed. Oh and of course I could use a GPU because it was <24 hours, and then after I harangued them turned out my biz fare didn't qualify. $%#@.