<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by landspeed:
I know that you need to have a purchased ticket before you upgrade on QF, but will QF reservation reps look for upgradable itineraries, sell the ticket, and then upgrade you immediately afterward?</font>
Yes - a friend of mine did exactly that on a recent flight from SYD to AKL.
Although one thing to remember is that by purchasing through QF you quite often miss out on the cheapest airfares.
One other way to do it is to book through a travel agent, get them to place a remark in the booking that QF have permission to change the booking, and then phone QF to do the upgrades. With the comment in the booking they can then look around at a few dates either side of your ticketted date.
Dave