Thanks! I realized after that once they added the LAX-MEL leg, they took away the SYD-MEL.

I am planning on taking the first flight out to LAX! I've never been to LA before, and I took the whole day off of work anyway. I figure that this way I will be so tired that I'll sleep on the 6 hour flight to LA, get to leave the airport and spend the day to see the city, and come back at night for the flight to MEL. It will also be nice to have a lot of time between the two flights, as I think I'm gonna go crazy on the 17 hour flight to MEL. I'm also sad cause there are 4 seats open in business but 18 eligible upgrades!! I thought that those kind of numbers only happened on domestic flights