I'm 1K. Every time I'm on this flight (and I'll be on it again next week, starting from ORD), Y is full of package tourists (I think bucket shops in both SIN and HKG sell this tag flight for peanuts) and I get bumped to C. It's unreal, I'm 12/12 in the past two years. The HKG staff usually have my C BP ready to go at the gate and I even get GOOD C seats!
It could be that the overall load in E- is pretty full, but the bucket shop buyers may not have (or may not be able to) selected seats.
In fact, when I try to make a dummy booking, .bomb tells me I can't select a seat... cross your fingers!
Many times when E+ looks full it's because you are not logged in or the site lost your login. Logout and try again and the seats will probably show up.
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Consolidators are widely used in Asia, so it's possible they've sold a lot of seats to people without seat assignments. They'll get their seats at checkin.
Has anyone ever encounter a situation where the E+ section is completely occupied whereas the E section is half empty?
This is happening on my UA896 SIN-HKG flight tomorrow 06Nov. I called UA and they confirmed all E+ seats taken and not as a result of blocking.
That is actually the norm for my SIN flying now .
And if it wasjust the HKG-SIN ... I had it numerous times on the HKG-SFO .
When I was recently downgraded by a malicious HKG GA from the last E+ aisle I could reserve 4 weeks out, I found myself in an empty E- cabin on the HKG-SIN hop ... so yes, it is normal.
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And if it wasjust the HKG-SIN ... I had it numerous times on the HKG-SFO .
When I was recently downgraded by a malicious HKG GA from the last E+ aisle I could reserve 4 weeks out, I found myself in an empty E- cabin on the HKG-SIN hop ... so yes, it is normal.
How could you be downgraded? Is there no love for 1K's in HKG?
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