No, you are correct. JetBlue will deploy planes with this configuration on flights between JFK - LAX and JFK - SFO.

That may be true, but I'd like to think that the crew on this flight applied a bit of common sense and allowed access to the hallowed thrones in premium cabins.

Yeah, it must've stunk.

Hate to be a Debbie Downer, but the version of the 747-400 that Qantas flies on Santiago - Sydney actually has 10 lavatories — not much better, but a slightly improved situation. [Qantas]

Actually, aircraft in story is a Boeing 747-400. Qantas doesn't fly 747-8s.

Actually, by ruling out mechanical error, it seems to shift the focus to human error, presumably pilot error. If they claimed mechanical error, the blame could shift to Boeing, outsourced maintenance or suppliers, or any other entity somehow involved in the design/maintenance of this aircraft.

This entire case seems very petty to me.