Thanks for the feedback, I do have some flexibility. To the extent that I do not get 2 J seats, I will book coach and then keep trying to upgrade on the same flight.

Unfortunately, in rechecking my segment count I noticed that I was connecting through HKG 3 times (including one stopover). I believe that you can only connect in the same city twice. Also, I need to revise my trans-Atlantic segment to include AA or IB and remove BA (using AA miles). Back to the drawing board.