Koala in the cabin!

An amusing story came up on Friday this week of a koala that refused to enter the cargo hold of an airplane.
I'm not sure exactly how it refused as I presume it was in a cage at the time, but they are quite nervous creatures apparently, so perhaps it became very distressed.
Anyway, the airline staff must have decided there was only one solution; to put it in the cabin with the passengers.
They did this by allocating a bank of four seats. Nice!
Have you ever been treated like a VIP?
Have you ever been given an airline seat upgrade, for example?