"Is it your understanding that seats can be reserved well in advance for QF 168, because it is considered to be an international flight? I'm booked on QF 168 (CNS to BNE only) in June 2004;"

It depends. In My experience , most domestic portions of international flights do have seat assignments. Most agents do try and insist that they do not do them for it and you do need to press them into it. Speaking to the international res staff often helps.

Have a look at www.seatmap.com and see if it is showing a seat map for the day you are travelling. I picked a random date and it has , so for that day at least it does have pre-selection

Try again.

Dave