Once I got bumped onto a different return flight from NY to London, and it was on a 747. Got onto the plane pretty late because of this, and it was fairly quie

Once I got bumped onto a different return flight from NY to London, and it was on a 747. Got onto the plane pretty late because of this, and it was fairly quiet - this was about 10pm boarding time. Had a seat on the outside of the middle 4, and there was no-one else in those 4 seats, but a guy on the next aisle seat to me on his own group of 3. We both looked a bit sheepishly at each other and smiled when they shut the doors - had a complete row of seats each on that flight, the most comfortable return flight I've had from the US - stretched out across the seats and had a decent sleep for once! Not sure I'd want to pay for it though - there's hard metal between the seat bases...