<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Dave Noble:
It does sound a bit odd. Was he looking for Concorde or just for BA1/BA2 ? COncorde seemed to be amazingly free for award travel when I tried. Perhaps give them a call in the evening when the phone diverts though to Melbourne and see if they can find 1st availability on BA1
Dave</font>
Dave - just called them again in the UK and followed your advice. Wonder of wonders, there was availability on most days tried.
Thanks to all here, just joining the queue waiting for SPG points to transfer and then we're away...