Originally Posted by
kthomas
I plan to be asleep at about 5K up and not to be disturbed until about 12K on the other side. Being upstairs on the 747 before it's phased out would be great, but I'm not likely to notice much. If someone takes the middle, I'll probably pull the trigger
1) You won't know for certain if someone takes the middle seat or not until the a/c door is closed and all pax are seated. Seats can be changed/assigned until the last moment.
2) You are kidding yourself if you really think you won't notice the difference between Y and J.