SFO-HKG: switch business/econ seats with my mom?
Jan 18, 2010, 6:40 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 198
SFO-HKG: switch business/econ seats with my mom?
I have a business class ticket and my mom has an economy ticket on the same CX flight for SFO-HKG. Once we board the plane, can I switch seats with my mom so that she can sit in business and I in economy?
Jan 18, 2010, 7:33 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: CX Diamond (OW Emerald), former SQ Krisflyer Gold
Posts: 2,527
Yes it should not be a problem. Perhaps just inform one of the FAs that you're swapping so they can update their manifest so they're not "surprised" to find a Mrs XYZ in the seat instead of Mr XYZ.
Jan 18, 2010, 8:48 pm
#5
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: CX, UA, Shangri-La, Hyatt, Starwood
Posts: 7,708
Like the others, I have never experienced any problem doing this (I have downgraded myself from J to Y on CX, granted short-haul only, to sit with colleagues a number of times). I usually board the plane, then tell someone senior what I would like to do. I always recommend finding the ISM and telling them (or at least the senior purser in the cabin), junior FAs in J class on CX can be a little aloof.