G'day DutchRoll,
I don't think RVSM approval would be a show stopper. Never seems to be a problem until you start getting within a few hundred miles of Sydney, then get pushed down by ATC.
Barbossa:
with so much more attributes to the QF service
You evidently haven't flown A330 business class. I changed my flight to take a 737-800 because the A330 Business Class is so crap.