They were defijitely blocked for "real" J pax (or already allocated). No seats available upstairs at all. At checkin, the agent showed me downstairs; I almost moved to 25F as E was empty, bu glad I stayed. A QF dom FA was in 23D & we got on wonderfully with the FAs. We each received a bottle of Tattinger, which was a lovely surprise. I've already written an email to QF about the service, which inlcuded the CSM trying to pull my seat apart as I lost jewellry down it. An FA eventually spotted it & retrieved it with a coathanger.
23B was lovely & spacious. The gent in the A seat disn't bother me at all. 
