Singapore A380 economy seating

[hobofat]

Will be flying the Tokyo Narita --> Los Angeles route on a Singapore Airlines A380 in August this year.  Economy class, of course, I am yet a peon.  I should have bought direct from the airline, but bought my ticket via Orbitz instead, as it's a multiple leg trip (on two different airlines) and was about $50 cheaper overall via Orbitz than the airlines directly.

 

It appears that Singapore's seating configuration has an economy section on the upper level.  Unfortunately Orbitz only lets me select seats in a limited range on the lower level.  The Singapore Airlines website only lets you select seats if you purchased via the website.

 

I kind of want to sit up on the upper level since well, other planes don't have upper levels (save biz/upper class on 747).  Would it be worth trying to call up Singapore Airlines and seeing if I can snag a seat there or is it more or less just the same as sitting downstairs?

[Orcair]

Depends on the configuration. Singapore is currently removing Y from the upper deck making it an all premium deck. So since there are two configurations it is hard to tell which one you will be on, one with upper deck economy or not.

[hobofat]

Perfect, exactly what I needed to know. Thank you.

[Orcair]

Just for reference:

Version 1: With Upper Deck Economy

http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Singapore_Air/Singapore_Air_Airbus_A380.php

Version 2:Only J Upper Deck

http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Singapore_Air/Singapore_Air_Airbus_A380_B.php