Phew! Glad Sidbid has received satisfaction.
Go for NCW if you can Sidbid. Recently flew the 22hr trip LHR to SYD in NCW. It was a fantastic trip on all 4 legs of the journey with great crews who you could not fault for their attentiveness, courtesy and just being nice.
My wife and I both suffer with bad backs and we found the NCW flat beds fine even on such a long trip.

To make the your trip perfect you would have beloved Pucci as CSD!