Well here I am 3 months on, being very patient and my flight is in 2 days. LAtest I am told is that I am still number 2 in the waitlist but that Economy and Business are completely full. There are however plenty of seats in 1st. Why oh why does Qantas not do what other airlines do and upgrade a grateful paying business customer to first, an economy platinum (like me!) to business and then have another full-fare economy seat to sell? Do they really think they are going to sell that first class seat for cash at this late stage?