I moved my seating to 15G and 15H for the LAX-SYD leg. I'm happy to see that the likelihood of being bumped from these appears to be low.

I called the Premier Exec line and talked to a CSR tonight. I was trying to find out if two SWUs would get me off of the waitlist and into confirmed First. She said that SWUs and Miles are equal (which I think is contrary to something I have read somewhere here). Therefore, there would be no advantage.

She also said that there are 5 revenue seats still available in First. I got a trial account on ExpertFlyer.com to check seating. It shows 1A, 2A and 2J as being occupied and everything else empty. I know that 2A and 2J are my friend's upgraded seats. Can someone explain the math here? If there are 14 seats - 3 occupied = 11 seats remaining. If 5 are revenue seats, what are the other 6? Or is ExpertFlyer wrong? Or is she wrong?