Originally Posted by
alex67500
You're overcomplicating things, and trying to do things you can't do. You should book the 4 seats with your 2-4-1s when they become available and set an alert for one seat on a site like seatspy or reward flight finder for the 5th. If none show up about 6 weeks out, then use a gold priority reward. You'll have to be on the first booking as the owner of the vouchers.
If the OP has enough avios, can also just book the 5th ticket with gold priority reward now and if a normal redemption opens up can call up to switch and get the double avios back.
That way you know you have all 5 booked, in case the chosen option sells out.