[QUOTE=Funky Spike;31196089]
Upgrades aren't unknown, I got one DOH-MEL.
/QUOTE]

Thats very lucky! J on Oz/Nz routes is usually packed and of course on such a long flight you must have felt particularly grateful! I think upgrades remain very rare so op certainly shouldn’t count on one though as you prove there is indeed such a thing as a lucky day some times!