I'm not getting too excited about the availability of international upgrades..in the cold light of day it strikes me as just a way of reducing the nett cost of freebie BC/FC seats to Qantas. I strongly suspect that any u/g seats will just come out of the existing award seats pool (which makes sense in view of the increased points requirements for BC/FC awards). Qantas presently does *very* nicely out of selling BC/FC seats, and there is just no way they are going to start giving more of them away.