Empress:
Try to book a seat on row 1-4 before the flight if flying business class.
I took a freebie on CP in Feb. '96. The QF plane from HNL-SYD was supposed to be a 747-200 with J/Y but a -300 with P/J/Y was used instead so I got a P seat (had row 4 which is the last row in P). I was but a mere CP Club member at that time and QF didn't reassign seats on me.
Tried that on the way back but the plane was a -200 as was the 747 in Nov. '96
[This message has been edited by terenz (edited 12-16-1999).]