Originally Posted by raph

I am on a red-eye LAX-LHR this week and found the opportunity to upgrade for $175.

Normally I'd think this is a great deal, but as far as I can see on the seatmap, only the middle rows of Premium Economy are available. On the other hand: unless there are a lot of bookings without seats, the load in Economy looks to be very light (34 Economy seat rows [counting 3, 4, 3 as three rows] are completely empty at less than a week to go. I don't care for the meals or alcohol and I can normally sleep well enough in Y-

Would you trade an economy seat in a 2-Seat Row for an PE Aisle in the middle in this situation?