I have booked the rest of my flights for the foreseeable future (and to save my status) which is great except... I was foolish and booked a SYD-CHC with the return on EK with QF# (caveat emptor...). And have two problems now as that flight ticketed on the 6 Feb (I made it at 11:50pm AEDT in a pan...

It's not great value... but if there were no business award seats left at time of booking (they go quick, funnily enough) then isn't this the passenger's next best method of getting into business on their flight without having to pay for it?  Apart from the taxes, of course.  I think i...